RIORDAN ASKS CAO TO RESIGN TOP ADMINISTRATOR REFUSES DEMOTION.Byline: Rick Orlov Orlov (Орлรณв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer A long-simmering dispute erupted in the open Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant between 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. and the city's top administrator, apparently over the pace at which the city is preparing for the July July: see month. 1 start of the new City Charter. Riordan's anger has grown to the point he asked his choice for City Administrative Officer, Bill Fujioka Fujioka (f  jē`ōkä), city (1990 pop. 60,983), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. It is a manufacturing center where silk and soy sauce are produced. , to return to his old job as personnel director and step down from his $186,000-a-year post, sources said. When Fujioka refused and said he would fight to keep his job with support from the City Council, it set the stage for Riordan to fire him when the new charter takes effect, expanding the mayor's power. Riordan named Fujioka as CAO last July. He took over from Keith Keith may refer to: People with the given name Keith:
None of the officials involved in the dispute would comment. But sources familiar with the meeting in Riordan's eighth-floor office said the mayor and his top aides confronted Fujioka and requested that he provide information to the Mayor's Office before releasing it to the City Council. Fujioka was said to have told the mayor he was following the regulations of both the existing charter and new one that will take effect July 1 - directing him to report to both the mayor and City Council. Riordan cannot directly dismiss Fujioka until the new charter takes effect. If Riordan does fire Fujioka at that time, the council could overturn the action if at least 10 of the 15 members agree to do so. Fujioka had been one of Riordan's favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. prior to his appointment as CAO. Over the past few months, Riordan has told associates he did not believe Fujioka was following through on bringing about change to City Hall. ``The mayor wanted someone to change the culture here,'' a source said. ``That's what he was promised. It's almost a case of false advertising.'' However, those close to Fujioka said he has been trying to follow the terms of the charter. ``What the mayor doesn't like is that (Fujioka) will stand up to him and has more backbone than anyone thought,'' a Fujioka associate said. |
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