LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — Will it be the business and federal experience of Shelley Berkley or the City Hall know-how of Victoria Seaman? One of them will be the next Las Vegas mayor, taking the torch after an impressive 24-year run by Oscar and Carolyn G. Goodman, who served three terms each.
Throughout the campaign leading up to Election Day, both candidates have acknowledged their common ground, often agreeing on important issues. But they have different sets of experience, and each has a style that’s distinct.
They don’t agree on everything. At the top of the list is a solution to the Badlands case, which threatens to overshadow other issues by straining revenue and forcing the city to cut services. A $48 million court judgement has already come down in favor of a developer who bought the closed golf course with plans to build on the land. The city stood in his way. But another $189 million — plus interest in the case that’s nearly a decade old — is still hanging over the city. In all, the city is at risk of a $450 million to $650 million burden.