21.   Mayors want a merger to strengthen their control.

22.   Mayoral spokeswoman Noelia Rodriguez said the mayor always wants improvements but she denied that Riordan pressured Williams to make the shake-up.

23.   Mayors want it repealed, but when chiefs turned up en masse in Trenton to object, the repeal bill died.

24.   Now the mayor wants McCall to withdraw from reports dealing with management issues.

25.   Not only that, the mayor wants to bring money to the city.

26.   Obviously, the mayor wants the judicial process to work fairly, but Flake was looking for an expression of angry solidarity that the mayor never delivered.

27.   OK, so this guy owns a couple of the best restaurants in town, and the mayor wanted to be able to get a table.

28.   Police Chief Bernard C. Parks defended his record Tuesday but for the first time said he would resign if the next mayor of Los Angeles wants to replace him.

29.   She underscored her commitment to humane policies toward the homeless and her opposition to school vouchers, an idea the mayor wants to try in the city.

30.   Should the mayor want to reconsider, the prince said, the check is still valid.