Bert Keller

The Five Most Entertaining City Council Members Of The Decade

Photo courtesy GHCVB​Thanks to term limits, turnover among Houston city council members is fairly regular, and institutional memory be damned. But an ever-fresh supply of new meat means that at least some of that meat will be highly flavorful.This decade didn't disappoint when it comes to that asp ... More >>

Rusty Hardin, Super Lawyer

Stocking Stuffers

Homeless pols, rail guardian angels and drugs for City Council

Political Identity Crisis

Ronald Green's the only black Democrat left on the city ballot. Or is he?

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

Letters

Cockeyed Campaign Gambits

A Republican runs on Lee Brown's coattails

A Little Jump to the Right

Can a ballot triple shift win City Hall for the GOP?

Chop Talk

Houston remains embroiled in what to do about Memorial Park

Running Mates

Michael and Nandy Berry are world-class charmers. But what's really behind those two smiles?

Herding Cats in District 5

An effort to sort out black council candidates backfires

The Highs and Lows of Life with Lee

The best and worst from the Brown days

Parting Shots

Foes of Mayor Lee Brown can't wait to see him gone. And a lot of his friends feel that way, too.

Letters

Urban Dilemma

A Houston lawyer's solution for the homeless sends neighbors up the wall

No-Name Offense

The Chron struggles over whether to name a suspect

Nice, Nice Baby

The holiday spirit lingers on in the Chron

All I Want for Christmas Is...

A shopping list for your favorite political types

The Schmooze Returns to City Hall

Facing an out-of-control council, Brown recalls a veteran vote saver

Do the City Hall Shuffle!

Term limits and raw ambition send local politicos on holiday shopping sprees

Taxing Miss Daisy

Previous tax bills and blighted properties haunt the city housing director

Oliver's Story

Houston's former parks director tried to expand his résumé with a political job. He may have torched it instead.

Don't Rock My Boat!

A port commission opening fuels a three-way Hispanic fight

Adept Ada

Edwards draws raves in her inaugural year on council

Trading Places

Who wants to be interim city controller?

Barry, Barry, Quite Contrary

A fired investment banker ignites a City Hall rumble

The Immigrant's Song

Carroll Robinson has been running for something ever since he arrived in Houston. Now he may be nearly out of track.

Power House

What do Lakewood Church and its pastor Joel Osteen have that most mainline Protestant denominations don't? People. Lots of them. And in an assortment of colors.

Law Breakers

County prosecutors and the sheriff target a controversial judge

Split Ticket

District C's ex file: Then it got personal…

Running on Empty

Local political campaigns struggle to get news coverage

Cracking the Club

Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

Votes 'n' Bail

GOP consultant Allen Blakemore looks to become a do-it-yourself bondsman

Year of Living Dangerously

Sports palaces, city cell-phone shenanigans and subdivisions where Montrose once stood. Could any self-respecting survivalist leave the bunker behind?

Rob Todd Unredacted

Desperately seeking Susan

Letters

Shell Game, Desperately Seeking Susan, Hungary for Tex-Mex

Council's Cell Phone Phanatic

Todd talks up a storm at taxpayer expense

Blocking Shots

We pay for the arena; they'll finance the campaign

Letters

Investigate CEP, Santa Fe's Shame, Politics Makes Strange...

Best Local Boy Gone Bad

District G City Councilman Bert Keller

2001: A Bell Mayoral Odyssey?

Councilman Chris tests the waters against Brown

Trial Story

The Hearst Corporation

Don't Dump Your Debt on Me

A miffed Lanier makes common cause with the controller

The Insider

Art Decoy: A handwritten note undercuts UH chancellor's wordy defense

The Insider

Political Goodfellows Editor: Gabe and Gary get new toys; Lee and Mario cry in their stockings

Child's Play

District ZZZZs Triumph

Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

Shaping the Council to Come

Time to pull out those election wish lists