1.   Also, the mayor argued that the facilities would be needed even if the San Fernando Valley does secede.

2.   But the mayor argued on Wednesday that Bradley would be the better Democrat to tackle urban issues.

3.   Despite such bobbles, the mayor argues that privatization offers ample rewards for city residents.

4.   In an age of increasingly independent voters, endorsements are rapidly losing their currency anyway, as the mayor himself has argued.

5.   In exchange for the top-drawer culture that visitors soak up in New York, the mayor argued, they should be willing to bury some trash back home.

6.   In addition, the mayor rightfully argued that he has a duty to make sure all festival profits go to charity.

7.   In his text, the mayor argued that even Democratic heroes like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert F. Kennedy felt that welfare deprived citizens of dignity and incentive.

8.   Recently the mayor has been arguing that these reforms, pushed by Council Speaker Peter Vallone and Public Advocate Mark Green, would cost the city too much money.

9.   So the immediate choice of a chancellor was less important, the mayor argued, because he hoped the Legislature would soon abolish the position.

10.   That use of his name, the mayor argued, violated his right to privacy and his right to protect his name from commercial exploitation.