Signatures submitted for ballot initiatives targeting city hall project

Thu, Jan 22 2009 — Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a showdown.

Culinary Local 226 on Thursday turned in more than 14,000 petition signatures challenging a new Las Vegas city hall and the city’s redevelopment plan, more than three times the 4,500 signatures that were needed.

Mayor Oscar Goodman, meanwhile, suggested the ballot measures for the June election, even if voter-approved, might not stop the new city hall plans. He contends there’s effectively a contract between the city and the would-be developers, Forest City and LiveWork Las Vegas.