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	Richard Riordan Summary
		Riordan lost a 5-year-old sister to a brain tumor, a 35-year-old sister to a fire, and a 41-year-old brother to a mudslide.
		Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, who had served as the California Secretary for Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001.
		Riordan's tenure was marked by a controversy over the massive cost overruns occurring during the construction of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Red Line subway, a project close to his heart.
	www.bookrags.com /Richard_Riordan (2668 words)

	Richard J. Riordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Riordan also launched “Read to me,” a citywide reading program that encourages parents and caregivers to begin reading to their children at an early age.
		Riordan was elected Mayor of Los Angeles in 1993 and reelected by an overwhelming margin four years later, with more than 60 percent of the voters supporting his efforts to improve public safety, create quality jobs, and reform Los Angeles’ public schools.
		Riordan was also a founding member of the nationally-acclaimed LEARN school reform effort, and a founding board member for L.A.’s BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow), an innovative and nationally recognized after-school program serving thousands of children in Los Angeles’ disadvantaged neighborhoods.
	www.riordanfoundation.org /About_Us/riorbio.htm (527 words)

	Richard Riordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002.
		Richard Riordan is known to have an icy relationship with his immediate successor, former Mayor James Hahn.
		Riordan is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for Rodriguez shortly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Riordan (1830 words)

	The Visionaries: Richard Riordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Riordan: We have hundreds of miles of tunneling -- conduits and that sort of thing -- which are ripe for putting fiber optics throughout the city.
		Richard J. On April 8, 1997, Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly returned Mayor Richard J. Riordan to office with more than 60 percent of the vote -- supporting his vision of a safer city filled with jobs and opportunity, healthy neighborhoods and outstanding schools.
		Riordan has improved efficiency and cut red tape throughout much of the city administration, and he led efforts to create the Community Development Bank, which plans to invest $1 billion to create jobs and opportunity in economically disadvantaged parts of the city.
	www.govtech.net /magazine/visions/feb98vision/riordan.php (4263 words)

	Richard Riordan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		'''Richard J. Riordan''' (born May 1,1930) is a Republican politician from California, currently serving as the California Secretary for Education, and had been Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001.
		Riordan, who has some Hispanic ancestors, was born in Flushing, New York and attended Princeton University, earning a degree in Philosophy.
		Riordan campaigned as a businessman "tough enough to turn LA around." He promised to crack down on crime, stating that "from a safe city, all else follows," by hiring thousands of additional police officers, and to shore up the city's finances and business environment by reducing regulation and contracting private firms to operate LAX.
	richard-riordan.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1171 words)

	Amazon.ca: Richard Riordan: Vote Richard Riordan for California Governor: Books: Darrin Atkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A brief introduction to Richard Riordan, the candidate for Governor of California.
		Richard Riordan has been and continues to be successful, and as governor he will bring his success and business acumen to the position of California's top executive.
		It is time for a change in California and Richard Riordan is the man to bring about a more positive and enchanting future for the greatest state in all the world.
	www.amazon.ca /Richard-Riordan-Vote-California-Governor/dp/0595211186 (230 words)

	Welcome to Tony Castro's Website
		Riordan had gotten these favors from the city not long after he had made a loan and political contributions of $200,000 to then Mayor Tom Bradley’s 1982 gubernatorial campaign.
		Riordan, however, continued to be a poor politician, if only because he seemed to pattern himself, at best, after the proverbial philsopher-prince and, at worst, as the Man from La Mancha.
		Riordan natured a persona that was Democratic while thinking that, after leaving the mayor’s office, he could run for governor as a Republican.
	www.beverlyhillsbaseball.com /tonycastro/riordan031302.html (702 words)

	UCLA Anderson School of Management \| Riordan Programs \| Richard J. Riordan
		Richard J. Riordan was elected the 39th mayor of Los Angeles, in June of 1993 –; the first Republican Mayor of that city in over 30 years.
		Riordan also introduced a business mentality to the cost of running government by passing eight consecutive balanced budgets, generating the largest surplus in Los Angeles’ history, and increasing city services – all without raising taxes or fees.
		Riordan also established 26 Targeted Neighborhood Initiatives, giving residents in disadvantaged neighborhoods the resources to implement community improvement programs under the condition that residents take responsibility for maintaining and sustaining the programs themselves.
	www.anderson.ucla.edu /x7721.xml (694 words)

	USRF - Riordan's Health Suddenly an Issue
		Richard Riordan's disclosure that he was treated earlier this year for prostate cancer prompted aides to potential rivals in the governor's race on Friday to remind voters of the vigor and stamina required to handle the stress of running the state.
		Riordan revealed Thursday that he secretly underwent radiation treatments for prostate cancer during his eighth and final year as mayor.
		In a brief interview with The Times on Thursday, Riordan said he was making his ordeal known now "because I'm running for office and I think the voters have a right to know about it." He said he plans to make a final decision on the governor's race next month.
	www.usrf.org /news/010815-Richard_Riordan_CaP.html (696 words)

	Riordan made his fortune backing start-up ventures - Los Angeles, CA, Mayor Richard Riordan Los Angeles Business ...
		Riordan is no longer actively involved in start-up companies; his investments were put into a blind trust when he was elected mayor in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
		Riordan was most successful as a venture capitalist, he said, when he made an extra effort to get to know company managers on a personal level.
		Riordan's first big venture capital success was a $650,000 investment in Santa Clara-based Convergent Technologies Inc., founded by former Intel Corp. executive Alan Michaels to sell computer workstations similar to those made by Sun Microsystems.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n26_v19/ai_19706203 (913 words)

	Biography of Richard Riordan - Mayor of Los Angeles 1993-2001
		Richard Riordan was born in Flushing, New York in 1930.
		In June of 1993, Riordan was elected to succeed long-term Mayor Tom Bradley to become the 39th mayor of Los Angeles.
		Riordan is married to Nancy Daly Riordan and they have three daughters.
	www.laalmanac.com /government/gl12_riordan.htm (173 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- State Education Secretary Dick Riordan to resign in June
		Riordan was an uncomfortable fit in an administration that's attempts to change public school funding and management have largely been stymied by opponents.
		Riordan's greatest attribute as mayor, said GOP strategist Dan Schnur, was in establishing broad ideas and delegating authority to others.
		Plotkin said Riordan's departure was much anticipated but that the "governor would rather the secretary not leave under a cloud and not in response to one of the unfortunate statements the secretary has made."
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050427-1947-ca-riordanresigns.html (747 words)

	CALIFORNIA / Riordan stresses accomplishments / Education chief regrets mocking little girl
		In Richard Riordan's first interview since coming under fire for joking that a child's name meant "stupid, dirty girl," the governor's education secretary talked of his accomplishments and said he had no intention of stepping down from the Cabinet-level post.
		Riordan, 74, is widely known for politically incorrect comments, from telling an audience of school officials in February that the ideal principal was his abusive Catholic school teacher ("one of the sisters of little or no mercy"), to announcing to students in March during a principal-for-a-day stint that "I need to discipline someone!"
		Riordan said that the ideas were still alive but that he can't get into the details because "I don't know where the governor's going to go with it." He said principals need to have more say over school budgets and that "the governor will look at it as soon as the budget is through."
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/13/BAGK47KGU41.DTL (849 words)

	Richard Riordan
		When Dick Riordan retires from public office after eight years, much will be written about his legacy as Mayor of Los Angeles.
		Riordan was an early pioneer of the groundbreaking, computer-based learning program, “Writing to Read,” by supporting thousands of computer labs in Mississippi, Alabama, New York and Los Angeles.
		Riordan is a founding member of the nationally-acclaimed LEARN effort, and a founding board member for L.A.'s BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow), an innovative and nationally recognized after-school program serving more than 5,000 children in Los Angeles' disadvantaged neighborhoods.
	www.economicalliance.org /090802_backup/2001_gala/richard_riordan.htm (528 words)

	USATODAY.com - Official's 'dirty girl' quip draws fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LOS ANGELES (AP) — State Education Secretary Richard Riordan jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant "stupid dirty girl," prompting widespread criticism and posing a quandary for the man who appointed him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
		Riordan, the wealthy former Los Angeles mayor known for his support of public schools, startled even friends last week with the comments at a promotional event for summer reading at the Santa Barbara library.
		Riordan, a venture capitalist who started a foundation supporting literacy, has a reputation for awkward — some might say insensitive — remarks and behavior.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-07-09-dirty-girl-comment_x.htm (699 words)

	A TRIBUTE TO MAYOR RICHARD RIORDAN. \| Government from AllBusiness.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Richard J. Riordan was born in Flushing, New York in 1930.
		He graduated from Princeton Richard in 1952 with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, and served in the Korean War as a field artillery lieutenant for the U.S. Army.
		Riordan was elected the 39th mayor of Los Angeles in June of 1993; he assumed office on July 1, 1993.
	www.allbusiness.com /government/793007-1.html (699 words)

	Washington Bulletin by John J. Miller on Polling on National Review Online
		ichard Riordan has made plenty of mistakes in his campaign to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination in California —; mainly by antagonizing the GOP base whose votes he will need in next week's primary and then again in the general election.
		It's downright evil," said Riordan on Saturday, in reference to the California state board of education's recent move to undermine Proposition 227, which eliminated bilingual education four years ago.
		Riordan himself comes to the issue with an enormous amount of credibility.
	www.nationalreview.com /daily/nr022502.shtml (355 words)

	CalTrade Report - Former LA Mayor Forms Security Think Tank
		Riordan is using his considerable contacts to force local officials to confront the issue.
		Zegart said Riordan plans formally launch his new institute formally in the coming weeks and is looking to hire a permanent staff to coordinate future studies.
		Riordan told the Daily News that much will depend on the interest he sees in the institute and whether it can raise the funds necessary to become self-sufficient.
	www.caltradereport.com /eWebPages/front-page-1064583693.html (890 words)

	Salon.com Politics \| A change in the political landscape
		Still, Riordan's candidacy may be the best hope for breathing new life into California's floundering Republican Party, which is still coping with the end of the Reagan revolution.
		Riordan's increasing support among California conservatives -- Reps. Dana Rohrabacher and David Dreier are among those who have endorsed his candidacy for governor -- and moderates speaks to the slowly swelling discontent within California's Republican Party.
		The draft-Riordan movement was sparked when the Field Poll, released this spring, showed Riordan in a dead heat with Davis, while declared GOP candidates Secretary of State Jones and Bill Simon Jr., millionaire son of Richard Nixon's Treasury secretary, trailed far behind.
	archive.salon.com /politics/feature/2001/06/25/riordan (1184 words)

	CNN Transcript - CNN Today: Democratic National Convention: L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, A Character On and Off the ...
		Richard Riordan, a Republican no less, was a major force in getting the Democrats to come to his city.
		RIORDAN: I was able to cop out for reckless driving, and it's part of my record that I'm not proud of, but I think it's helped for me. It's made me understand myself better.
		AUTHER (voice-over): The youngest of eight children, Richard Riordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, to second-generation Irish immigrants.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0008/16/tod.09.html (1198 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Riordan,
		Riordan, Richard J., 1930-, American businessman and politician, b.
		Riordan Launches Gubernatorial Bid In California; Former Mayor of L.A. Denounces Davis
		Riordan had close ties with lobbyists as mayor, many say.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Riordan, (342 words)

	Ad Watch: Richard Riordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Riordan has since sent the money back to the firm.
		Riordan also solicited $100,000 from Enron to help the bottom line on the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
		The governor's energy policy merits scrutiny, but the Riordan campaign, despite the veiled references in this ad, has produced no hard evidence that connects the contributions and the policy.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/20/MN180412.DTL (347 words)

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		So when Dick Riordan, running for governor a year ago, let loose on Gray Davis and his education regulators, it was not only unusual, it was downright uncomfortable for some of those who watched him.
		Riordan and other backers of the measure feared that the rules change would gut the initiative by letting schools railroad immigrant parents into keeping their children in classes taught in their native tongue rather than English.
		Although one of his closest advisers was a former union president, Riordan was frequently at odds with the teachers union, and his appointment by Schwarzenegger prompted a lobbyist for the California Teachers Association to resign in protest from the governor-elect's transition committee.
	www.chronwatch.com.cob-web.org:8888 /site.asp?id=5003 (681 words)

	Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools
		Riordan’s appointment as Secretary for Education was a natural extension of his civic activism and public service.
		Richard Merkin, M.D. Dr. Merkin is the CEO and founder of Heritage Provider Network.
		Riordan brings expertise in managing the politics of change and relationships with key people that can help this organization in Los Angeles and throughout the state.
	www.descom.org /testing/board.html (3487 words)

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