41.   Downtown is a jumble of antique shops, empty storefronts and restaurants that cater to county government workers looking for a quick bite at lunch.

42.   During his activist nine years in that post he reformed and modernized county government.

43.   Even some county commissioners appear open to the idea of abolishing county government.

44.   Enforcing the ban will be up to local city and county governments.

45.   Federal agencies will help only if the amount of uninsured damage far exceeds the resources of city and county governments, officials said.

46.   For many years, the system gave its Republican majority an unbreakable lock on county government.

47.   From the Little League and local softball beats he worked his way up to covering city and county government, and would have been happy to stay.

48.   Hampden and Worcester counties will follow next year, with the momentum for eliminating county government seeming only to grow.

49.   He is a self-described micromanager who promises to cut waste and inefficiency in county government.

50.   He required county governments to meet specified goals, including caseload reduction, or face bids from private contractors.