Teixeira to get roasted for good cause

Speakers will roast Marv Teixeira on Friday at a charity fundraiser and farewell party for the longest-serving Carson City mayor.

They will have a lot to draw from, too, according to State Sen. Mark Amodei, one of the speakers.

Amodei said he has more than 40 years of memories, but he will be sure to weave in a joke about Teixeira's short time as a lobbyist between his second and third terms as mayor.

Teixeira had to control his temper, Amodei said, and got frustrated on the job.

"I told him, 'I hope nobody is paying you to do this stuff,'" he said.

Other speakers made fun of Teixeira when he first retired after eight of 12 years in office, so this time, Amodei said, "maybe they can do a little better job of keeping him away."

Teixeira served his first two terms from 1989 to 1996, retired and then won a third four-year term in 2004. He did not run for a fourth term. Bob Crowell was sworn in as mayor Monday.

The Carson City Rotary Club will host the roast at 6 p.m. Friday. Money raised will go to scholarships and groups including the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada and the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center.

Sheriff Kenny Furlong, another speaker at the roast, said even though Teixeira is "one hell of a guy," he will have to pick on him for his misdemeanor drunk driving arrest in 2007.

"It's the only time in the history of Carson City you'll see a mayor go down the street on a bicycle," Furlong said.

The roast will also be a chance for the sheriff to respond to some of the former 73-year-old mayor's comments over the years.

"I've heard the man praise me and curse me in the same breath," Furlong said.

Teixeira was picked for the fundraiser because the Rotary members needed an event they knew would sell tickets even in a slow economy, said Larry Messina of the Rotary Club.

Making fun of the former mayor, Messina said, is something that has "broad appeal."

Teixeira said his last retirement party turned into a roast, so he's learned he has to "roll with the punches."

Teixeira said he isn't sure who will be the harshest speaker, but one thing gives him comfort.

"Remember," he said, "I get the last word."

- Contact reporter Dave Frank at dfrank@nevadaappeal.com or 881-1212.