The New Leader, December 11th, 1989
Fiorello H. La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York
ONCE THERE WAS a mayor of New York City with a gift for showmanship. Many of his actions had more image than substance. He was often absent for long periods from his job. His ambition was inordinate, leaving him dissatisfied, even bitter, at being confined to what he conceived as narrow tasks. Toward his staff he was arrogant, sometimes brutal. He over built the city and left it ina budgetary mess. In the face of so seemingly simple a problem as the totally unrealistic five-cent subway fare, he simply gave up and said there was nothin...
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