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porters appear to be questioning
the political strategy of .the mayor's
office. ·
Remy, who served .as Bradley's
chief of staff in the early 1980s,
c:ait!d the decision to put Gates on
leave "not in the the best interest'
of the city."
Richard Riordan, a prominent
Los Angeles attprney and supporter
of the mayor, said that Bradley
should understand that the city's
business sector is "rallying around ·
G~tes" and does not support any
effort to remove him at this time.
"It comes down to leadership,"
' j;aid Rirdan. "[The mayor] has got
to back off, look at the general
picture and regroup. 1 thin~ he
. cannot go ahead [with .a plan to
.. seek the chief's removal]. I think
· he would be just [putting] ·himself
deeper and deeper into a hole.'!
By failing to persuade two key
groups-the business community
and the City Council-to jojn in the
fight to oust Gates, the mayor and
Fabiani did .not have the political
support they need~d to challenge
'the police chief, according to interviews
with both groups.
Several prominent business
leaders and City Council members
said they were not lobbied by
anyone in the mayor's office on.tbe
Gates issue. They put much of the
. blame on Fabiani, the 33-year-old
chief of staff whose management
style has won him few friends:on
· the City Council. . . .
! Fabiani said that council mem­
. hers are not siding with Bradley
because they do not want to confront
Gates or the Police Department,
particularly with Tuesday's
election looming.
"We've made a lot of. effort to
talk to council ·members, but.
frankly a lot of .them are not :
· interested in taking on .Daryl
,Gates," he said. "And·the scream­
'ing of a couple of council members, ,
-some of whom are up for reelection'
on Tuesday . . • is not going to
dissuade the mayor from doing
· what needs to be done." ·