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...built." Its walls are decorated with newspaper stories about acquittals he won for alleged organized-crime figures. A toy rat lies dead in a trap near the fireplace, and a pair of steel balls given him by two reputed wiseguys hangs over the door. His name is Oscar Goodman, and he could be the next mayor of Las Vegas. As he tours Sin City on the campaign trail--gloating over its tacky exuberance, making love with it--I ride shotgun...
...those women crying?" Goodman asks as his driver pulls away from the Showboat hotel and casino. Just moments before, he had moved a group of seniors with a story of his 89-year-old mother teaching sculpture to blind children. Goodman, 59, walked out of the room with votes sticking to him like Post-it notes...
...corporate offices around town, though, Goodman's critics are worried that his client list--which once included Meyer Lansky and is riddled with the names of other alleged mobsters--could spell trouble. Chamber of Commerce president Pat Shalmy says that if Goodman is elected, "the image we've been trying to improve over the years might be set back." Goodman responds by quoting his mother: "My son's clients don't hurt anybody. They just kill each other...
...Keith K. Goodman '02 said he participated in the walk because he was curious. "I was told it was a really big event," he said...
...small undertaking to satisfy his interest in the event. Besides walking 15 miles, Goodman said he began his walk at 7 a.m. after waking...