EDITORIAL: Johnny on the Spot: County Wastes No Time ? Well, Maybe Some ? in Tackling Graffiti.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--This just in: Fresno County will soon begin doing something about graffiti in rural neighborhoods.   Well, not exactly soon. The program is another six or eight weeks away. But in county time, that's relatively fast.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Blair Goldstein, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--Twice a month for almost two years, Wayne Morton has met with his neighbors to organize against a dump.
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By Anthony Mccartney, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 7--TAMPA -- Facing a standing-room-only crowd, county commissioners postponed a decision Wednesday on an ordinance that independent trash haulers say would put them out of business.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 17--MANSFIELD -- Maybe Mansfield is finally getting tired of its filthy neighbor.   Civic leaders talked this week about cleaning up dirty smokestacks in Midlothian for the sake of fresh air and families' health.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  DuPage County leaders hope to clear the air concerning long- standing questions about courthouse ventilation.
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By Rich Hofmann, Philadelphia Daily News  Sep. 18--THE CRIME-SCENE investigators will be at work for days here -- such was the scope of the abomination that took place yesterday afternoon in South Philadelphia. The dusting for fingerprints went fairly quickly, though.
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Global positioning systems (GPS), digital photography and computer databases are joining the humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti and catch its shadowy perpetrators.
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By Rusty Marks  rustymarks@wvgazette.com  Tuesday was a bad day to make methamphetamine.  A countywide drug sweep sent at least three people to jail on drug charges.
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By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, Jen Aronoff and Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--LENOIR -- Eugene and Violet Anderson were home last spring when a van pulled up and the mayor, a county commissioner and several others piled out.
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Mixing laughs and ire in Orange County.
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PERRYSBURG, Ohio - It was a clear-cut error: A state worker mowed down 28,000 young trees that had been planted as part of a $33,000 highway beautification project.    The only thing left behind were signs that read "Do not mow or spray."  "Shame on us...
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By Frank Norton, The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--Johnston County is telling towns, utilities and residents to cut back on water use this weekend after a volunteer fire department used about 10 percent of the county's reserves overnight.
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By Sharen Trembath  This is a last-ditch effort to let the public know about the latest attempt of the Erie County executive to balance the county budget on the back of the county parks system.
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By Jeffrey S. Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 9--Camden County could get revenue from a 490-acre landfill even while opponents try to keep it from getting built.
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Council needs racism coordinators A chilling illustration of the perils of copywriting by committee comes to us from West Sussex County Council human resources department. The engine of UK south coast municipal governance is advertising for two "enthusiastic and committed" individuals to coordinate racist incidents across the county.â¦