However, many powers belong to the aldermen, one elected from each ward, who sit on the city council and must approve most mayoral actions.
Labor leaders are always reluctant to give up benefits they have won in difficult negotiations, and the leaders point to numerous mayoral actions that have made them even less enthusiastic about granting concessions.
But with the $270,000 report still unfinished, city officials have moved forward on their own, an action mayoral aides say is necessary to move fast enough to hire the training class scheduled to begin in December.
For example, at the time of the next COP, in Cancun in 2010, I was working with an international coalition of local governments working on sustainability, which coordinated a global mayoral declaration of action on climate change.
Mayor Bloomberg's action was only the latest example of the problems created by the present form of mayoral control.
This would require prompt legislative action — to give mayoral aspirants time to mobilize their campaigns.
The scandal was perceived to be damaging to Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and a likely mayoral candidate, although no legal action was ever taken against her office.
We have as much talent in San Diego as their community, and why can't we?" That mayoral brainstorm quickly turned into action when O'Connor asked the two men sitting next to her what they thought about San Diego playing host to a Soviet arts festival.
If the claim is rejected, said Marc LaVorgna, a mayoral spokesman, all options, including legal action, "remain on the table".
A mayoral appearance is less government in action than stage management; liturgy without Scripture but with scripts.
