21.   But a former mayoral candidate, Clint Reilly, sued to prevent Hearst from buying the Chron and ditching the Ex.

22.   But another mayoral candidate, Councilman Sal Albanese, a longtime maverick on budget issues, was far more critical.

23.   Businessmen are generally seen as impossible mayoral candidates in this city of powerful unions.

24.   But he saves most of his invective for the current Manhattan borough president, Ruth W. Messinger, the Democratic mayoral candidate.

25.   But Councilman Joel Wachs, a mayoral candidate, disagreed.

26.   But Mark Green, the mayoral candidate, had beaten them to it.

27.   But only the mayoral candidate claims to be able to eliminate it.

28.   But the mayoral candidates are long on generalities and short on controversial initiatives.

29.   But the lawyers for the mayoral candidates asked Fisher to let them take any objections to these decisions to the courts, and the judge agreed.