91.   But while the city commission has been successful in negotiating with most labor unions, a majority, including the mayor, is opposed to raising fees.

92.   By statute, the commission is meant to be nonpolitical, its members appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

93.   By merging it with an existing case the commission could be in a position to rule on all purported violations of competition law much sooner.

94.   Caruso insisted the commission was open-minded and independent.

95.   Certainly if a commission is to come up with questions for the November ballot, it will have to act with dispatch.

96.   Commissions are still relatively small.

97.   Commissions are to a floor seller what tips are to a waiter.

98.   Commissions can be tricky, too, Berger said.

99.   Consumer advocates, on the other hand, claimed the commission should have been much tougher.

100.   Considering the potential ramifications of the order, the commission was oddly furtive in issuing its press release at the very end of the business week.