21.   Department of Mental Health public affairs director John Widdison said Monday that the department does not comment on specific personnel matters.

22.   DuBose also has heavy input when it comes to personnel matters and the game plan.

23.   Falk was deeply involved in the blockbuster trade, but had no say in other personnel matters.

24.   For his part, Bratton said he typically reviews personnel matters with Giuliani but that he does not discuss such matters publicly.

25.   Greenebaum and Commission President Enrique Hernandez Jr. refused to say whether Williams would be disciplined -- saying it was a confidential personnel matter.

26.   Grier had said that if he were replaced on personnel matters, he would step aside, but he never got the chance to do that.

27.   He has earned the privilege of throwing in his two cents on personnel matters.

28.   He has two-plus years left on his contract and, had Ford taken the job, would not have remained in control of personnel matters.

29.   He declined comment on the raises as a personnel matter, defending the closed-door process as part of the charter-dictated procedure for evaluating department heads.

30.   He declined to discuss details of the case, saying it is a personnel matter.