Greatly appreciate the reply. My reference to Gotham was genuine, but if you (whoever "you" are) also know of general governor-mayor relations texts or Web sites, please pass them along. The article will run tomorrow, but I would certainly like to know of any sources for the future. Thanks again for your help. Alan Messmer The Christian Science Monitor Library >"Gotham" the huge book? It's out there....Will work on this. @