101.  Absent were council members Hal Bernson, Ruth Galanter, Eric Garcetti, Nick Pacheco and Jan Perry.

102.  About half of the absences last year and this year to date were described by council members as being necessary for city business.

103.  According to Dallas Councilman Robert Stimson, Mayor Ron Kirk was among several council members whose offices were scanned for listening devices.

104.  According to several council members, Perkins encountered opposition from the Queens party leadership.

105.  After failing to receive instructions, he told Council members that he would assume personal responsibility for accepting the language.

106.  After discussing the shortcomings of the agreement with council members since Saturday, union negotiators went back to the company Wednesday seeking to sweeten the deal.

107.  After heated debate, council members instead voted unanimously to add Cesar Chavez Day as a paid holiday to be observed in conjunction with Labor Day.

108.  After the two mayors were sentenced, seven ethnic Albanians in Parliament, nine mayors and scores of local council members resigned in protest three weeks ago.

109.  Afterward, council members said they should have gotten more public input before they changed the name.

110.  After the new council members took office, the company formally announced it would locate somewhere in Barton County, which includes Great Bend.