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Bob Lanier

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    All Political Roads Lead Back To Bob Lanier

    Via Lone Star Times, we got word of the latest musings of Ana Marie Cox (the original Wonkette) in The Daily Beast. (Enough links for one sentence?)Cox writes about unlikely partnerships in the DC political world.And the top one in her list of five is....the unlikely crew of current Washington power ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    BOSS Hall

    As Ben Hall prepares to leave City Hall, questions are again being raised about his involvement in the doling out of city business. But Hall says the law allows him to do pretty much as he pleases.

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    Gunning for Greanias

    The mayor and his city attorney try to make the controller the issue -- again

  • News

    March 2, 1995

    All About Elyse

    After years of making Mayor Bob presentable, Houston's First Lady is ready to get serious. Seriously.

  • News

    March 30, 1995

    Spare the Mayor, Kill the Story

    How one disgruntled reader got satisfaction from the Chronicle

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    Springtime for Bob

    Lanier worship reaches an apogee at the mayor's million-dollar bash

  • News

    June 1, 1995

    Term limits and a domineering mayor have combined to make the City Council little more than a rubber stamp. And Houston may pay dearly for that down the line.

    Lanier worship reaches an apogee at the mayor's million-dollar bash

  • News

    June 29, 1995

    Letters

    Lanier worship reaches an apogee at the mayor's million-dollar bash

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    Houston's Housing

    For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

  • News

    August 31, 1995

    The Insider

    For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Stadia Boys

    A new panel is suiting up to customize the city's sports future in private

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    After him, the deluge

    Thank the Lord, Jesus Christ above, this is Bob Lanier's last term as mayor of Houston. Now that he's bankrupt every city service, he's leaving the whole mess to somebody else. But who?

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Hotel Hell

    Thank the Lord, Jesus Christ above, this is Bob Lanier's last term as mayor of Houston. Now that he's bankrupt every city service, he's leaving the whole mess to somebody else. But who?

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Forecast: Raining Stadiums

    Forget the committee -- the city's sports future already is being negotiated by the mayor

  • News

    February 1, 1996

    In the Rough

    The golf course giveaway is falling apart, but some city workers are paying the price

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    The Insider

    The golf course giveaway is falling apart, but some city workers are paying the price

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    The Insider

    The golf course giveaway is falling apart, but some city workers are paying the price

  • News

    September 5, 1996

    Political Art

    When Bob Lanier went after CACHH, maybe all he really wanted was a little respect

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Field Day

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Mr. Stevens' Neighborhood

    Dollar-a-year mayoral assistant Michael Stevens has been given unprecedented power and funding to transform the inner city. And he answers to just one man.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Usual Suspect(s)

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    The Insider

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    The Insider

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Sportin' Life

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Rules of the Game

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    June 5, 1997

    Between Friends

    A federal audit suggests the Lanier administration gave a sweetheart deal to one of the mayor's buddies -- then failed to ensure that taxpayers' money was properly spent.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Trawling in Deep Water

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    The Insider

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Why Don't They Want This Man to Be Mayor?

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    The Insider

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Undiscovered Country

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    The Insider

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    The Insider

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    No Shame

    Real people are being evicted from the Fourth Ward. And real people are responsible for their plight.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Situational Ethics

    As Jew Don Boney has moved upward in public life, have his values changed to meet his needs rather than those of his constituents?

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    No Account

    Secrecy and lack of oversight plague housing programs

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    The Insider

    Secrecy and lack of oversight plague housing programs

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Kingwood Legal Follies

    Brown rushed in where Lanier feared to tread

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Digging Up the Dirt

    Indictments are only an interim phase of the public works probe

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    The Killer-est B

    Forget Biggio, Bagwell, Bell. Move over, Barkley. The sports figure of the decade is...

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Mystery

    Why Lee Brown hired Jerry King as public works director

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Lobbyists

    Dave and Sue Walden

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    The Triple Crown

    Sick of Mayor Brown? Turned off by everyone else around? Try these alternatives for 2003.

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    All Aboard the Love Train

    Brown's last-minute signal keeps rail on track

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Peace Train?

    Bob and Bill talk up a Metro rail deal, but Butch isn't buying it

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Mayoral Minority Report

    Who can avert the 2003 runoff from hell?

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Insider

    Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    Nature's Call

    Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    Running at Lanier

    Mayor Bob casts a long shadow over the Tyra-Peavy runoff

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Don't Dump Your Debt on Me

    A miffed Lanier makes common cause with the controller

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