31.   City Councilman Joel Wachs, a mayoral candidate who has been increasingly critical of the LAPD, warned that any reduction in police protection in the Valley is unacceptable.

32.   Clint Reilly, a former mayoral candidate, filed suit claiming the deal would violate antitrust laws and leave Hearst with an illegal monopoly.

33.   Conceivably, Vallone the mayoral candidate imagines that he might be the person to offer such help.

34.   Councilman Joel Wachs, a mayoral candidate sharply critical of public financing of the political convention, said the report confirmed his fears.

35.   Fernando Ferrer may be the first mayoral candidate whose hopes were undone by an empty room.

36.   Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president and likely mayoral candidate, asked in introducing the president.

37.   First came the release of a purported taped conversation between the incumbent mayoral candidate in the southern port of Kaohsiung and his alleged mistress.

38.   For mayoral candidates, Monday was a wind-down from weekend campaigning whirlwinds.

39.   For mayoral candidates, Thursday was a wind-down from weekend campaigning whirlwinds.

40.   Flowers, and former NAACP President Benjamin Hooks, officiated at the wedding of former Democratic mayoral candidate Sharon M. McPhail and School Superintendent David Snead.