Email Author Tim Fleck

1996 Stories by Tim Fleck

• The Insider

  published March 7, 1996

  Rolando Gathers No Moss The FBI's reputation for clinch-jawed circumspection has been restored with the transfer of talkative G-Man Rolando... More >>

• The Insider

  published February 29, 1996

  The Enemy of My Enemy Is ... Go Figure When it comes to the Republican primary contest for county attorney nominee, the key to figuring out... More >>

• The Insider

  published February 22, 1996

  The Billy Burge Fan Club Meets Here As Bob Lanier's handpicked Metro board chairman, office tower broker Billy Burge is Hizzoner's chief... More >>

• The Insider

  published February 15, 1996

  If It Were Up to the Jury ... State District Judge Carolyn Garcia and medical malpractice specialist Caroline Baker had the opportunity to... More >>

• Reverse Sting

  published February 15, 1996

  The regular January meeting of the local MENSA chapter was over, but some members of the high-IQ society stuck around at the Rock Bottom Brewery... More >>

• Station Break

  published February 8, 1996

  "One minute to the floor." The director's countdown call brings to attention all the diverse guests gathered inside Channel 8's studio this... More >>

• The Insider

  published February 8, 1996

  Give 'Em the Bird If you thought that set of glass tumblers the Chronicle sold last year to commemorate its takeover of the Post was in... More >>

• The Insider

  published February 1, 1996

  It's the Private Schools, Mayor We normally don't critique what appears on the Chronicle's op-ed page, but several readers directed our... More >>

• The Insider

  published January 25, 1996

  Devolution There were plenty of heads shaking after the funeral and memorial services for Barbara Jordan, and most of them were set in... More >>

• The Insider

  published January 18, 1996

  My Way, or the Highway District Attorney Johnny Holmes' office is making waves, if not necessarily friends, on several fronts. While Holmes... More >>

• The Insider

  published January 11, 1996

  A Theft in the Family Sister radio stations KTRH/740 AM and KLOL/101 FM have had their share of colorful internal flaps over the past few... More >>

• The Torments of Academia

  published January 11, 1996

  Should University of Houston playwright-in-residence Edward Albee ever decide to do a sequel to his masterpiece on the petty torments of the... More >>

• The Insider

  published January 4, 1996

  I Have a Scheme... It appears there will be two parades this year to commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., although it's... More >>