City council and county board of supervisors elections are nonpartisan, meaning that candidates' party affiliation does not appear next to their names on the election ballot.

The strongest argument in favor of the council-manager form of government is that there is very little waste. Which of the following supports this statement?

a. The council-manager form of government is widely used in most of Texas's smaller, rural cities. b. The city managers are hired on a part-time basis. c. The council-manager form of government allows for professional management but restricts local political control. d. The city manager and his officials use their training and knowledge to be cost-effective and efficient.

Throughout much of the twentieth century, major newspapers in Texas were __________

a. owned by national corporations that actively pursued liberal agendas b. active members of the conservative establishment that ran the state c. highly critical of elected officials and rarely endorsed incumbents for reelection d. generally supportive of the Soviet Union and the expansion of communism