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1994 Stories by Tim Fleck

• Not F--ing Guilty!

  published December 22, 1994

  Lawyer Mary Conn was hurrying to keep a court date one morning last year when the wire-rimmed brassiere she was wearing triggered the metal... More >>

• Battle of the Retreads

  published December 22, 1994

  Whoever said there are no second acts in American life obviously never viewed Houston political life in all its multitudinous wonder. Take... More >>

• Sixties Survivor

  published December 15, 1994

  Twenty-five years ago Gene Locke faced a different set of legal challenges than those he will inherit when he replaces Benjamin Hall III as... More >>

• A Slight Omission

  published December 1, 1994

  You may have missed it, but a small wire story buried in the November 12 edition of the Houston Chronicle reported that the Chicago Tribune had... More >>

• I, Whitmire

  published December 1, 1994

  At a time when most Houston Democrats are moping about with hangdog looks, an upbeat and preening John Whitmire is putting his favorite personal... More >>

• Sheila Keeps Quiet

  published November 24, 1994

  In her almost five years as an at-large member of Houston City Council, Sheila Jackson Lee has rarely been able to keep quiet, and her legendary... More >>

• What the Tide Brought In

  published November 17, 1994

  Political unknown Steve Mansfield won a seat on the highest court of Texas criminal jurisprudence last week the same way he fished for dates in... More >>

• Too Pharr-out?

  published November 10, 1994

  The voice of a local Republican activist had a conspiratorial edge when he phoned two weeks ago, asking if the Press would be interested in a... More >>

• Faded Love

  published October 27, 1994

  The chanting, expectant crowd jamming the Galleria hotel ballroom temporarily quieted as two figures stepped to the microphone. On stage to usher... More >>

• CondoMania

  published October 13, 1994

  Weary of waiting for the operators of Houston's posh Huntingdon condominiums to market the unfinished floor space in the tower, the Federal... More >>

• Pursuing Jerry

  published October 13, 1994

  A red-eyed sun peeks over the pines of the self-proclaimed "Livable Forest" of Kingwood at 6:30 a.m., finding county commissioner candidate Jim... More >>

• Log Cabin Fever

  published October 6, 1994

  Slightly built, soft-spoken attorney Steve Mansfield, a Republican candidate for a seat on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, doesn't look like... More >>

• Art of the Mortgage

  published October 6, 1994

  If you're wondering why Houston Museum of Fine Arts director Peter Marzio hasn't shipped out to New York's Museum of Modern Art (or other... More >>

• Son of Lindsay ... Son of Driscoll

  published September 29, 1994

  Shortly before Vince Ryan and Robert Eckels were to engage in the first major debate of their race for county judge, Ryan crossed paths with... More >>

• Scary Tales from the Tapes

  published September 29, 1994

  The political career of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros is likely as stiff and cold as his extramarital sexual relationship... More >>

• Seeds of Trouble, Part II

  published September 15, 1994

  When the New York-based Hearst Corp. mobilized its various newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, to form "diversity committees" last spring... More >>

• Time and Money

  published September 8, 1994

  With whatever time he's got left, Mike Ecker is living both the traditional American dream and the modern American nightmare. Flush with a big... More >>

• Letting it all Hang Out

  published September 8, 1994

  The Houston Chronicle has been threatened in the past with hundreds of lawsuits over the paper's contents, but a recent missive to managing editor... More >>

• Crisis on Cullen Boulevard

  published September 1, 1994

  If you're looking for the chancellor of the University of Houston System during working hours, don't bother dropping by the main UH campus off the... More >>

• Vince Ryan's Distress

  published August 25, 1994

  With just three months remaining until voters pick a replacement for lame-duck Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay, Democratic contender Vince Ryan... More >>

• Teresa's In-Crowd

  published August 18, 1994

  When dozens of high-profile Houstonians who claim they're owed money from enterprises run by Teresa Rodriguez gather at the Harris County Jury... More >>

• Mouthpiece on the Move

  published August 18, 1994

  The recent announcement that Houston Police Department communications chief Rick Hartley will be resigning to become executive director of the HPD... More >>

• Romancing the Stones

  published August 18, 1994

  Houston Lighting & Power's parent company, Houston Industries, is currently renovating the downtown office tower at 1100 Milam as its new ... More >>

• Poison Pens

  published August 11, 1994

  Depending on whose private correspondence you happen to read, Harris County Civil Court Judge Carolyn Day Hobson is either an incompetent jurist... More >>