New Sources for Research
Chapter Three: Local Governments

Atkinson, Jim. "Curing the Colonias." Texas Monthly (April 2001): 70, 72, 79.

Buntin, John. "Long Journey to Work." Governing (March 2001): 26-28. About improving mass transit.

Gwinn, David M. "Redistricting in 2001 and Beyond: Navigating the Narrow Channel Between the Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Rights Act." Baylor Law Review 51 (Spring 1999): 225-267. Local government redistricting.

Hatley, Allen G. Texas Constables: A Frontier Heritage. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1999.

Katz, James B., P. Edward French, and Hazel Prentice-Cooper. "City Council Conflict as a Cause of Psychological Burnout and Voluntary Turnover of City Managers." State and Local Government Review 31 (Fall 1999): 162-172.

Marshall, John B. "Council-Manager Relationships: Making the Team Work." Texas Town & City (June 2000): 26-27.

McCabe, Barbara Coyle. "Special District Formation Among the States." State and Local Government Review 32 (Spring 2000): 121-131.

McLain, Lewis F. "The Basics of Budgeting for Newly Elected Officials." Texas Town & City (June 2001): 19, 21-25.

"New Regionalism and Its Policy Agenda: A Symposium." State and Local Government Review 32 (Fall 2000): 198-237. Seven articles on city-county consolidation and related topics.

Quandt, Dan. "Sports: The Business of the Game." Texas Town & City (April 2001): 32-34.

*Resendez, Adriana. "The Spanish Predominant Language Ordinance: Is Spanish on the Way In and English on the Way Out." St. Mary's Law Journal 32:2 (2001): 317-362. Concerning action by the city council in the Texas border town of Cenizo making Spanish its official language.