21.   City and sports authority officials are also working an arena financing plan to present to voters.

22.   From the beginning, construction authority officials contend, the Board of Education underfinanced the project, and underestimated its difficulty.

23.   Housing authority officials said they have identified two of six locations in Fort Worth that will be used to house Ripley Arnold residents.

24.   Neither he nor other authority officials offered corroborating evidence for these allegations.

25.   Petralia added that authority officials believe they can resolve any differences with critics.

26.   Power authority officials say they believe that even with a larger tax refund, the differential will be modest.

27.   Power authority officials defended the plan in five hours of testimony.

28.   Power authority officials said several weeks of additional testing and repairs will delay the restart until at least the middle of June.

29.   Senior authority officials said Fridayy that they regretted having to undertake the layoffs, but they also insisted that they had no choice.

30.   Stadium authority officials said they remain committed to the Tempe site despite mounting questions.