The Mayor
Subtitle: how I turned around Los Angeles after riots, an earthquake and the O.J. Simpson murder trial
By: Richard J. Riordan, with Patrick Range McDonald
Contributors: McDonald, Patrick Range
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Franklin, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781618689511
Subjects: Politics and government; Mayors; Biography
Description: Elected with the campaign slogan "Tough enough to turn L.A. around," Richard J. Riordan made good on his promise to voters and returned Los Angeles to its former glory.  In this thought-provoking memoir, Riordan reveals the personal tragedies and life events that informed him as a visionary leader, and how policies of empowerment and compassionate pragmatism can lead the United States into a brighter future.
Table of contents: title: Tough enough to turn L.A. around?; title: Why I am who I am; title: The great adventure; title: Success, tragedy, and politics; title: L.A. nears the brink; title: Running to save L.A.; title: Winning; title: Empowering Los Angeles; title: Getting things done; title: Chaos before order; title: Shaking up the status quo; title: The reform mayor; title: L.A. turns around; title: "If not me, who? If not now, when?"; title: Epilogue.