Table of Contents

July/August 2008
Volume 20, Number 4

Features
Entering the Blogosphere
The pros and cons of blogging

Book Sense
Harris County attorney teams with library to get overdue books returned

Let’s Play Ball
Younger employees want mentors and coaches, surveys show. But what does that mean?

Hijacked by the Pump
County budgets feel weight of rising gas, construction costs

Equal Representation
New law requires equal numbers of Democrat, Republican workers at early voting sites

Ladder Safety
How to avoid casualities when the best and brightest move from employee to manager

Departments
Staff Report
Texas History
Clipboard
Associate Members
Calendar
Implications
County Information Project
One Last Look