11.   And watching his father, a county government board member, cater to customers and constituents, Thompson learned to be a consummate salesman of his ideas.

12.   As a part-time special counsel, Chertoff is conducting internal investigations and setting up a code of ethics, which the county government has never had.

13.   As for the county government, the bankruptcy has reordered its budgetary priorities.

14.   Back then the unincorporated areas were sparsely populated, and a big, centralized county government seemed a savvy way to streamline the delivery of services.

15.   After a year of delinquency, county government takes over city tax liens.

16.   All around the commonwealth, county governments are in deep trouble.

17.   Brimhall also was a big supporter of a bill to keep city and county governments from offering health benefits to unmarried couples without first taking a public vote.

18.   Brown had criticized county government for low police pay and inequitable funding of parkland.

19.   But county governments and oil companies are protesting the proposal and urging the GOP-led Congress to fight them.

20.   But county government computer managers believe they are winning their race against the dreaded millennium bug.