MAYOR SHUFFLES POSTS OF COMMISSIONERS.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer In a shuffling of appointees at the start of his second term, Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. on Wednesday moved to replace the head of the Board of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. and shifted other commissioners to new posts. Riordan said he would not be reappointing J.P. Ellman to the Board of Public Works, where she has served as chairwoman for four years. She is to be replaced by Maribel Marin, who has been with the Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. and is the wife of mayoral aide Jaime De La Vega de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to: People (arranged by date of birth)
The mayor did not offer any explanation for the replacement of Ellman, who once served as an analyst in the Chief Legislative Analyst's office. Ellman said she wanted to pursue other opportunities and for more than a year had been considering leaving the panel, which oversees several agencies, including sanitation and street maintenance. Riordan also announced he wants to move Kenneth Lombard to the Board of Water and Power Commission from the Fire Commission and was nominating businessman Nicholas Stonnington for the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle to fill the vacancy created with his nomination of Gerald Chaleff for the Police Commission. Reappointments announced by the mayor include the Rev. Juan Santillan to the Recreation and Parks Commission, actor Billy Barty to the Disability Commission, Audrey Greenberg to the Cultural Affairs Commission and William Doheny to the City Employees Retirement System. Also, Robert Scott was reappointed to the Planning Commission, Patricia Schneg to the Airport Commission, Gini Barrett to the Animal Regulation Commission, Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas (born 27 December 1982 in Pembroke) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at flanker for the Ospreys at club level and at number 8 for Wales. He launched his club career at Swansea RFC and played for Wales at Under 16, Under 19 and Under 21 level. to the Harbor Commission and Bill Luddy as one of the city's representative on the Metropolitan Water District. |
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