21.   Despite hefty building fees collected by the government during this building boom, many regulators appear to be understaffed, including city inspection departments.

22.   Despite his sense of urgency, a number of major city police departments said they had not yet been officially contacted by the FBI or the Justice Department.

23.   Every city department hates each other.

24.   Funds for the city housing department also are targets.

25.   Generally, the city health department prefers to process its own samples.

26.   Harrington said the surplus was the result of city departments meeting their budgets and an improving economy, which has generated more tax revenue.

27.   Harrington said petty cash accounts for all city departments remain frozen.

28.   He believes his experience as mayor and as the head of three major city police departments should comfort Houston residents nervous about terrorism.

29.   He lets his own city departments compete with the private sector to offer the best deal.

30.   He was a food service worker at a psychiatric institute in Queens, then an office assistant with one city department and a clerk with another.