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The never-ending City of Houston corruption probe
It's been a couple of years since I last blogged on it, and it's been over two and a half years since the new defendants were first mentioned as potential targets in the probe, but the feds finally got around...
More criminal charges in Brown Administration corruption probe
The now three year-long criminal investigation into corruption of the City of Houston administration of former Houston Mayor Lee Brown turned another page yesterday as this Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney press release reports that federal authorities have charged...
Cleveland businessman who bribed Brown Administration officials gets 15 years
The Chronicle's Dan Feldstein has been doing a good job over the past couple of years of keeping track of the federal corruption investigation that has been going on in Houston and Cleveland, Ohio. In this article from today's Chronicle,...
Spellman and McGilbra sentenced
Almost overlooked in the Hurricane Katrina news is this Chronicle article regarding the sentencings of two former Houston officials -- Lee Brown Administration chief of staff Oliver Spellman and building services director Monique McGilbra -- who entered into plea bargains...
Is the noose tightening in the investigation of the Brown Administration?
The Chronicle's Dan Feldstein continues his solid coverage of the Cleveland, Ohio corruption trial of Cleveland entreprenuer Nate Gray, who is the person from whom two former Houston officials -- Lee Brown Administration chief of staff Oliver Spellman and building...
Mistrial declared in Cleveland corruption trial related to Houston criminal investigation
Not only are a couple of former officials in the administration of former Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown admitted crooks (earlier posts here, here and here), they are apparently not very persuasive witnesses, either. The Chronicle's Dan Feldstein has been...
The legacy of Lee Brown?
This Dan Feldstein/Chronicle article reports that the brother of former Houston mayor Lee P. Brown was implicated this morning during the opening stages of the federal corruption trial of Cleveland, Ohio businessman Nate Gray: [O]n the first day of a...
McGilbra scandal implicates Houston businessmen
This Dan Feldstein/Houston Chronicle article reports on the cozy relationship between two prominent Houston businessmen and Monique McGilbra, former head of Houston's Building Services Department, who pleaded guilty earlier this month to federal bribery charges. Local political weblog blogHouston.net has...
What was that job description again?
The indictment and recent guilty plea of former City of Houston administrator Monica McGilbra on federal bribery charges has been ably covered by Kevin Whited over at blogHouston.net. But after reviewing this Department of Justice press release detailing Ms. McGilbra's...
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