Ex Vegas mob lawyer says clients wanted 'climate control' to keep water level high
A former Las Vegas mob lawyer has said his clients were interested in"climate control" after human remains emerged from a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir.near Lake Mead have renewed interest in the reservoir, which is a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Las Vegas Strip.
Oscar Goodman, who represented mob figures as a lawyer before he served three terms as mayor of Las Vegas, said a lot of his former clients seemed interested in"climate control" - mob speak for keeping the lake level up and bodies down in their watery graves. Instead, the world is now seeing the effects of climate change, and the surface of Lake Mead has dropped more than 52m since 1983.
The lake that slakes the thirst of 40 million people in cities, farms and tribes across seven Southwestern states is down to about 30% of capacity.Mr Goodman added that"there's no telling what we'll find in Lake Mead" and that the reservoir was"not a bad place to dump a body. Last week, a barrel containing a body was found near the shoreline of Lake Mead. Personal items found inside suggested the individual died in the 1980s, a homicide detective said.
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