1.   More blacks have been elected to the state legislature, and a black also heads the Dade county commission.

2.   Although state law does not require that members of the county commissions be lawyers, he said there should be stronger requirements for meaningful background in criminal justice.

3.   Another Ford brother serves on the county commission, and another is a Tennessee state senator.

4.   BellSouth has asked for an OK to deliver cable to the rest of DeKalb County, a request now before the county commission.

5.   A federal judge says the county commission must allow the solstice sign to be displayed on county property.

6.   A county commission in suburban Atlanta has taken it on itself to officially condemn gays and lesbians just for the Christian sport of it.

7.   A float in the Fourth of July parade in Cobb County, Ga., reflected topics addressed by the county commission.

8.   A spokesman for Gloria Molina, a Los Angeles County supervisor, said she had asked the county planning commission to develop a similar proposal.

9.   Allen said county commissions and other local governing bodies face increased pressures today, as well as a more contentious political environment than in the past.

10.   All that changed dramatically last November when five Republicans were elected to the county commission, which had consisted of four Democrats and a lone Republican.