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Mayor to Seek<br />

Power·to Oust<br />

Top Officials<br />

By SHERYL STO~'B~~Q . . ·<br />

and jOHN L. ~ITeH~LL<br />

TIMES STAFF WRITE~S<br />

Amid the furor over the Los<br />

Angeles police ,beating of an Alt!J.­<br />

dena man, Mayor Tom Bradl~y<br />

attempted to seize the political<br />

initiative Tuesday and press an.<br />

issue that he has supported for<br />

years: gaining the authority tQ fire<br />

the police .chief ~arid other :Civil<br />

Service department heads.<br />

At a City Hall news conference,<br />

the mayor proposed that the chief<br />

and all other department managers<br />

be ~ubject to li .p'erformance.revieW ~<br />

and possiblE) :dismissal every_ five<br />

years. He said he l::l!is asked tM<br />

City Council to put .his proposal to<br />

the voters in the form of a charter<br />

amendment, although it is not clear<br />

whether that could be done in time<br />

for the June ballot: ·<br />

"I have lonf{ supported ~he idea<br />

of all city rna: p.gers being subject<br />

not only to apJo~ptment and

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