1.   And several months ago, the mayor asked his own charter revision commission to consider proposing the elimination of the office.

2.   Any proposals made by the charter commission would be placed on a ballot and voted upon, as a referendum, as early as November.

3.   But he also saw candidates backed by city employee unions and some city council members win a sweeping victory in races for seats on the charter reform commission.

4.   However, most candidates for the charter reform commission on the slate endorsed by Riordan appeared headed for defeat by union-backed candidates in late returns counted.

5.   His departure moved the battle for deeper changes to the charter commission.

6.   In recent weeks the two most powerful figures in city government have taunted each other with plans to create their own charter revision commissions.

7.   Pataki dropped his call for a charter school commission and recognized the oversight responsibilities of the regents, a safeguard sought by the speaker.

8.   Still others said they are confident that the elected and appointed charter reform commissions could change city government enough to assuage disaffected Valley residents.

9.   The charter commission should put its civic duty ahead of loyalty to Giuliani and stop trying to restitch city government on the fly.

10.   The elected charter commission voted late Monday, after hours of debate, against neighborhood councils that could make land-use planning decisions.