21.   But a commission official said the PUC lawyers recommended he be moved off the case.

22.   But a youth commission financial official acknowledged that the state tells the federal government a much different story when it applies for subsidies.

23.   But commission officials acknowledged that they did not closely examine the Enron filings.

24.   But commission officials are.

25.   But commission officials have denied any political pressure, and noted that commission leaders with direct ties to the Bushes had been screened out of the investigation.

26.   But commission officials said privately that they knew of no other company that had issued such a blanket prohibition against trading.

27.   But commission officials said they hoped the size of the penalty would lead companies to take election laws more seriously.

28.   But late Monday afternoon, the meeting was postponed until next week so Commission Executive Director F. Lawrence could attend, a commission official said.

29.   But that has happened only once, in Mountain View, near San Francisco, commission officials said.

30.   But there were scores of other occasions on which Colucci manipulated the mechanics of the bureaucracy to avoid either detection or more severe punishment, commission officials said.