31.   Norman, they say, thought that his authority as county leader was disrespected by the congressman.

32.   One long-running skirmish has been over what county leaders see as a chronic shortage of bus and train service.

33.   Rep. Thomas Manton, the county Democratic leader, said the battle was entirely uphill.

34.   Several county leaders outside the city have endorsed James Larocca, a former state energy and transportation commissioner.

35.   She said the letter was sent to Democratic state committee members and county leaders, and added that a similar mailing would go out soon to potential financial contributors.

36.   Some county leaders said recently that Huizenga got the better of them in negotiations.

37.   Somehow county political leaders have been unable to shake this company, which is now operating under the scrutiny of a federal monitor.

38.   The county Democratic leader, Rep. Thomas Manton, has said he will not make an endorsement.

39.   The county leaders cannot prevent candidates from getting on the primary ballot, but they can make it more difficult.

40.   The county leaders say that when it comes to dispensing jobs in the new administration, they are the local representatives in the patronage system.