The black commissioners say they have been unsuccessful in other efforts to establish county bus service or obtain recreational buildings.

"Obviously a signal of having a Hispanic or black commissioner would have a salutatory effect in many quarters."

The fact remains that there are absolutely no Latino or black commissioners in this administration, period.

The white sheriff talked his way out of trouble; the black commissioner wound up behind bars.

The county's population is 20 percent black, and there has never been a black commissioner elected.

You get an A when there is a black commissioner.

He also called attention to the fact that Westchester, which had two black commissioners, now has none.

At one time, however, there were two black commissioners, in Hospitals and Corrections.

Robin Fisher was elected in 2007 as the first black commissioner in the county's history.

Three of the four black commissioners refused to approve the plan.