art a lobbying business, and hopes to enjoy it more this time around.
The Teixeira Group "will do consulting and government relations and we'll see what comes," he said.
Teixeira, 74, worked as a lobbyist between his second and third terms from 1996 to 2004.
He was with a firm, then became independent. He said he didn't like the job because he had to keep his opinions to himself.
"I just didn't really enjoy it," he said.
This time it will be different, he said. He will only work part-time and for issues he cares about.
"I'm not going down there and walking the halls (of the Nevada Legislature) all day long," he said.
Clients could include gaming companies, he said.
Teixeira worked as an IBM salesman before running for mayor. He 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 Jan. 5.
Crowell, who works as an attorney and lobbyist for Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario, said he wishes Teixeira well.
Lobbying is hard work, he said, but Teixeira can easily find clients.
Crowell said he would recommend this advice to someone starting work as lobbyist: "Always be fair, frank and don't try to cut an edge with anybody."
Teixeira has a good relationship with gaming businesses and they might need someone like him, said Supervisor Pete Livermore.
"I think Marv's talented and can do well," Livermore said.
Since leaving office, Teixeira has been roasted for charity, vacationed in Palm Springs, Calif., and called for the return of Crowell's pet pig determined to be illegal in the city.
- Contact reporter Dave Frank at dfrank@nevadaappeal.com or 881-1212.