reporters’ notebook

Las Vegan Steve A. Lenores has tossed his hat into the ring for Assembly in District 10, which represents a portion of Clark County.

When he filed to run as a Libertarian, Lenores listed his e-mail address with the county's Election Department using the handle "Chaosrules100."

Guess that means he supports a smaller government.

KRISTI JOURDAN

Senior Judge Joseph Bonaventure Sr. didn't want the defendants who appeared before him Monday to get the impression they were on a television game show.

When one inmate, appearing via video link from her temporary residence at Clark County Detention Center, asked the judge if they could make a deal, Bonaventure erupted.

"What do I look like, Monty Hall?" he said, referring to the 88-year-old former host of "Let's Make a Deal."

"Go ask your lawyer," he told the inmate.

MIKE BLASKY

School Board member Deanna Wright said she recently helped out at the dental office where fellow board member Chris Garvey is a dental hygienist. Wright said she was impressed by the way Garvey educates children about the "sugar buggies" eating away at their teeth.

Garvey returned the compliment. "You can suck saliva like nobody I know," he said.

JAMES HAUG

During a Thursday presentation of the Regional Transportation Commission's new campaign marketing its ACE transit system, board member Oscar Goodman leaned back in his chair and appeared somewhat disinterested.

Then an ad popped up showing the Las Vegas mayor holding a martini glass over an ACE vehicle. Goodman lunged forward and excitedly blurted out: "Oh boy! My liver is starting to quiver!"

ADRIENNE PACKER

There's word that Terry Fator is creating an Oscar Goodman puppet. When the mayor heard that, he said, "Instead of the bully pulpit, it'll be the bully puppet!"

Seriously. He said that. It's on videotape. We're not kidding.

ALAN CHOATE