Las Vegas mayor begging for city to be reopened, looks like they're screwed for good now [View all]

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They're utterly screwed, with no tourism revenue coming it at all their city no longer has any sustainable income.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called the statewide shutdown one of "total insanity" during a city council meeting Wednesday morning, and she urged the governor to allow the state to reopen.

"This is truly an opportunity for having a bully pulpit as your mayor," began Goodman, "and I am going to take advantage of that before we begin our public comment."

The mayor challenged Gov. Steve Sisolak's directive to close nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to minimize its spread, saying there is "no data" to support why the city is shutdown and there is "no plan in place" for navigating through it or coming out of it.

Experts, she says, tell her the coronavirus is not going away any time soon. Goodman compared it to the common flu and other viruses.

"This virus, or a derivative thereof, will be part of what we work through going forward," she said.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/coronavirus/mayor-goodman-this-shutdown-has-become-one-of-total-insanity