11.  Adams, a former city councilman, is chief of the state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control.

12.  All the allegations were started by a former city worker, Kurt Hettiger, who was dismissed from the Seattle Water Department three years ago.

13.  Alair A. Townsend, a former city budget director, is concerned.

14.  Bruce R. Watkins, a black political leader and former city councilman, noted pointedly that the affluent residents already had pushed the road away from them.

15.  Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and Mark Green, former city public advocate, were sent to a run-off for the Democratic nomination that will be decided today.

16.  But Clarence Mertz, former city attorney and voice in the wilderness, called for the contest to be canceled, saying it was gluttonous.

17.  But the planning office, says Clarisa Rodriguez, a former city official, does not always enforce its own rules.

18.  Capano, a former city solicitor and counsel to former Gov. Michael Castle, who is now a representative, has refused to comment since Ms. Fahey disappeared.

19.  Christopher Bopp a four-year veteran of the Fire Department and a former city police officer, never needed a nickname.

20.  Could this experience awaken a new aspiration or two for Ms. Gotbaum, a former city parks commissioner?