Vegas mayor candidates agree on ending Badlands drama, but spar on how
Las Vegas mayoral candidates Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman agreed the city needs to settle the long-running land-use dispute surrounding the defunct Badlands golf course that could cost taxpayers upward of $450 million to $650 million.
But they disagreed sharply about how during a 90-minute forum Wednesday at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, sponsored by The Nevada Independent and televised live by KSNV-TV Channel 3, that also touched on public safety, homelessness and affordable housing.
Over the next six weeks, voters will weigh in on who should lead Nevada’s largest city, which has been under the leadership of Oscar Goodman or his wife Carolyn for the last 25 years.
Berkley, a former 14-year member of Congress, and Seaman, who has spent five years on the city council, both said resolving the Badlands matter would be the first order of business if they were victorious in the Nov. 5 election. The city has been embroiled in a fight with developers who planned to turn the golf course at Alta Drive off Rampart Boulevard into a housing development, and it was the most contentious discussion point of the forum.
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