Rooster

The loud, combative little mayor who owned every room.

Fiorello La Guardia was famously brash, opinionated, and combative — a fiery presence who dominated New York City politics through sheer force of personality and volume. He reveled in being heard, whether reading comic strips on the radio during a newspaper strike or personally riding fire trucks to scenes of emergencies, always loudest and first. His tight command of his community, pride, and willingness to fight anyone who challenged him — from gangsters to Tammany Hall — is quintessential rooster energy.