The Mayor also named an investment banker to head the city's economic-development effort.

Mayors were named "al dedo" - by the finger of the country's military ruler.

If you put up a new building in Providence, the Mayor will name a street after you.

The Mayor did not name a successor, but said he would do so quickly.

Several of these elected officials said they also wanted to see who the Mayor named to the commission before making their own appointments.

The central board's accountability would be greatly increased if the Mayor named all or a majority of its members.

The Mayor would not formally name his choice for president yesterday, saying he preferred to wait until today's vote.

The Mayor didn't name a successor until July.

By the time the board met last September, the Governor and the Mayor had named 10 of the 15 trustees.

The Mayor named six members of the committee, the Governor five.