This summer another commissioner, Michael Block, resigned.

Five other commissioners resigned at the same time.

THE county's only black commissioner is resigning next month, prompting concern from some influential blacks that he is being unfairly forced out.

Mr. Jones said the idea that commissioners should resign was "silly."

Rather than cast a vote against the Mayor, the three commissioners on the five-member board resigned last week, leaving the panel without a quorum.

Still, it is rare that a commissioner seeking office would request a leave rather than resign.

Four commissioners have resigned, another has been removed and a sixth has failed to win endorsement from the Mayor's appointments committee.

Q: Do you have any feeling of responsibility for the fact that two commissioners have resigned during your mayoralty?

The Commission's general manager, who is 75, speculated that the bridge would close if the three current commissioners would resign or die.

The commissioner of the city's community assistance unit resigned.