TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riordan,Richard J.
AU  - McDonald,Patrick Range
TI  - The mayor: how I turned around Los Angeles after riots, an earthquake and the O.J. Simpson murder trial 
SN  - 9781618689511
AV  - 002 F 869 R585m 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Franklin, TN
PB  - Post Hill Press
KW  - Riordan, Richard J.,
KW  - Mayors
KW  - California
KW  - Los Angeles
KW  - Biography
KW  - 20150900
KW  - Los Angeles (Calif.)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 20th century
KW  - United States
KW  - Los Angeles (Estados Unidos)
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Siglo XX
N1  - Tough enough to turn L.A. around? -- Why I am who I am -- The great adventure -- Success, tragedy, and politics -- L.A. nears the brink -- Running to save L.A. -- Winning -- Empowering Los Angeles -- Getting things done -- Chaos before order -- Shaking up the status quo -- The reform mayor -- L.A. turns around -- "If not me, who? If not now, when?" -- Epilogue
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015372801-d.html
ER  -