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Following his election victory, O'Donovan helped to end the industrial action of ferry workers on [[Portland]] and [[Staunton Island]]. O'Donovan promised that the [[Ferry|ferries]] would remain in Liberty City and that jobs would not be lost. Despite his promise, the ferries stopped transporting between Portland and Staunton Island between 1998 and 2000 (the setting of [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. The ferry terminals, by 2000, had been demolished and paved over. | Following his election victory, O'Donovan helped to end the industrial action of ferry workers on [[Portland]] and [[Staunton Island]]. O'Donovan promised that the [[Ferry|ferries]] would remain in Liberty City and that jobs would not be lost. Despite his promise, the ferries stopped transporting between Portland and Staunton Island between 1998 and 2000 (the setting of [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. The ferry terminals, by 2000, had been demolished and paved over. | ||
O'Donovan, as one of his first moves, has the [[Liberty City Police Department]] arrest Salvatore Leone, putting him on trial. Salvatore Leone is released after Cipriani kills [[Paulie Sindacco]] and increases activities against the [[Sindacco Family]] and the [[Forelli Family]]. Salvatore, in his belief that O'Donovan will drop the charges, leads to [[Massimo Torini]] (member of the [[Sicilian Mafia]] and opponent of Salvatore | O'Donovan, as one of his first moves, has the [[Liberty City Police Department]] arrest Salvatore Leone, putting him on trial. Salvatore Leone is released after Cipriani kills [[Paulie Sindacco]] and increases activities against the [[Sindacco Family]] and the [[Forelli Family]]. Salvatore, in his belief that O'Donovan will drop the charges, leads to [[Massimo Torini]] (member of the [[Sicilian Mafia]] and opponent of Salvatore) to kidnap O'Donovan. He takes the captive Mayor to [[Portland Rock]], and ends up indebted to Toni and Salvatore after they rescue him. Salvatore tells the Mayor that he belongs to him, and from then on has the Mayor in his pocket. | ||
O'Donovan does not appear in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], but is mentioned on the [[Liberty Tree]] website. O'Donovan is said to have endorsed nail guns <ref name="Nail Guns">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/may2001/story3.html | title = Mayor O'Donovan Denies Misuse of Government Funds Over Nail Gun Fiasco| work = Joel Stahlman and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> (his brother is CEO of Donovan Hardware) and has done little good for Liberty City, except the increase of hardware stores by two folds since his election. This includes little work on transportation, such as the closure of the ferries and lack of improvement on the [[Portland El]]. However, O'Donovan had made some improvements, including promising to renew the [[Red Light District|Red Light District's]] license and revamp the area. <ref name="Red Light Revamp">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/mar2001/story6.html | title = 'Red Light' Licenses up for Renewal| work = [[Thomas Shaw]] and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> O'Donovan, in April 2001, also purchases police helicopters for the Liberty City Police Department <ref name="LCPD">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/apr2001/story2.html | title = Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime| work = Trudy Fink and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> | O'Donovan does not appear in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], but is mentioned on the [[Liberty Tree]] website. O'Donovan is said to have endorsed nail guns <ref name="Nail Guns">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/may2001/story3.html | title = Mayor O'Donovan Denies Misuse of Government Funds Over Nail Gun Fiasco| work = Joel Stahlman and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> (his brother is CEO of Donovan Hardware) and has done little good for Liberty City, except the increase of hardware stores by two folds since his election. This includes little work on transportation, such as the closure of the ferries and lack of improvement on the [[Portland El]]. However, O'Donovan had made some improvements, including promising to renew the [[Red Light District|Red Light District's]] license and revamp the area. <ref name="Red Light Revamp">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/mar2001/story6.html | title = 'Red Light' Licenses up for Renewal| work = [[Thomas Shaw]] and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> O'Donovan, in April 2001, also purchases police helicopters for the Liberty City Police Department <ref name="LCPD">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/apr2001/story2.html | title = Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime| work = Trudy Fink and Liberty Tree| accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> | ||
==Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Mission Appearances== | ==Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Mission Appearances== | ||
* The Sicilian Gambit | * [[The Sicilian Gambit]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||