RIORDAN'S NUMBER COMES UP: FOR JURY SERVICE.Byline: Daily News Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 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. , who collects $1 a year in city salary, will earn five times that much a day starting Monday, when he reports to the downtown Criminal Courts Building for jury duty. The mayor said he's ready to serve if chosen or to read a lot if not. ``I'm bringing the City Charter with me,'' Riordan joked. ``I've already read `War and Peace' and `Moby Dick Moby Dick pursued by Ahab and crew of Pequod. [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick] See : Quarry Moby Dick white whale pursued relentlessly by Captain Ahab; “It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me. ,' so I think I'll find out what's in the charter.'' And that $5 a day in payment for jury service? Like all city employees, the mayor must turn the money over to the city treasury. (City workers earn their salaries while on jury duty, with the jury money going to the city coffers.) The multimillionaire mul·ti·mil·lion·aire n. One whose financial assets are worth several million dollars. multimillionaire Noun a person who has money or property worth several million pounds, dollars, etc. mayor, by the way, collects only $1 a year from the $127,491 salary set for his position. |
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