81.   County officials predict that the referendum will go before voters next year, giving both sides time to plot strategy in what could become a bitter and costly fight.

82.   County officials said the equipment was sent to precincts with the largest number of address changes and disputed ballots in the last election.

83.   County officials said they plan to be again housing a backlog of Texas inmates within two years.

84.   County officials said they would have to review the ruling before deciding whether to appeal it.

85.   County officials said Tuesday they believed it was the first time three swimmers had drowned simultaneously in a county park.

86.   County officials stressed that the statistics showing increased crime did not also reflect the amount of growth.

87.   County officials warn that further austerity could mean closing libraries, reducing law enforcement and cutting arts and physical education programs at schools.

88.   County officials worry that putting more land in government hands could drain scarce tax dollars from local schools.

89.   County officials, police and paramedics rely on ham radio operators at shelters when telephone lines are swamped or go down.

90.   County officials, who say the changes would cost tens of thousands of dollars for new maps, offered in protest to rename Squaw Bay to Politically Correct Bay.