NEWS LITE.The results are in - and Daily News readers like their mayor looking . . . well, mayoral. After we heard 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. grumbling about the mug shot file photo the Daily News typically runs of him, News Lite conducted a phone-in phone-in Noun a radio or television programme in which telephone questions or comments from the public are broadcast live as part of a discussion Noun 1. poll Thursday and Friday - asking readers to choose among nine photos for the official News Lite portrait. It was Daily News readers' chance to mug the mayor and the response was enthusiastic. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo And the winner is . . . (1) The portrait mayor - 324 votes. The losers . . . (2) The hardball hard·ball n. 1. Baseball. 2. Informal The use of any means, however ruthless, to attain an objective. hardball Noun US & Canad 1. mayor - 206 votes. (3) The pet-loving mayor - 30 votes. (4) The primping mayor - 27 votes. (5) The victorious mayor - 22 votes. (6) The toastmaster toast·mas·ter n. A man who proposes the toasts and introduces the speakers at a banquet. toastmaster Noun a person who introduces speakers and proposes toasts at public dinners Noun 1. mayor - 21 votes. (7) The post-bike ride mayor (Riordan's favorite) - 18 votes. (8) The "wan" mayor (the one that triggered all this) - 17 votes. (9) The working man's mayor - 6 votes. |
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