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    May 17, 2012

    City, County Move to Shut Down Treasures, the Strip Club

    The city and county have filed a suit seeking to shut down the strip club Treasures, calling it a public nuisance. They've been threatening to do this, most recently at a state hearing where dancers tearfully pleaded with officials not to close it down. "The Houston Police Department has made nume ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Tearful Treasures Dancers Ask Judge to Renew the Liquor Permit; City Asks to Put the Smackdown

    Dancers from Treasures implored a state administrative judge today to renew the club's liquor permit and dismiss the city's protests. (No ruling has been issued yet.) The dancers -- some of whom said they were single mothers and small business owners -- told State Office of Administrative Hearings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    CM Jones Review Panel: No Council Action Needed, but OIG Investigation Kinda Lame

    The three-member review panel charged with deciding whether Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones violated the city's ethics code found that she showed "extremely poor judgment" by including her council office number on a card advising people of their rights under the U.S. Constitution, and stated ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    The Red-Light Camera Circus

    Step right up, folks: Passion, deceit, money, lots of money, double dealing and a mayor with more flip-flops in her than a Cirque du Soleil acrobat!

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Police Union Files State Bar Complaint Against Jolanda Jones

    Jolanda Jones has a complainr filed against her​Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, who last month filed a State Bar complaint against City Attorney David Feldman, is now the subject of a Bar complaint filed by a vice president of the Houston Police Officers Union. Ray Hunt wrote in his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    State Bar To Investigate City Attorney On Jolanda Jones' Complaint

    Jolanda Jones gets her investigation​The State Bar of Texas's disciplinary arm will investigate Houston City Attorney David Feldman, based on a complaint filed by embattled City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones. According to the July 22 letter obtained by Hair Balls, "the Office of the Chief Discip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Jolanda Jones Fires Back: A Grievance Against the City Attorney, and Big Blasts From Her Spokesperson

    Jolanda Jones firing shots of her own​Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, the subject of a city inspector general investigation, has filed a Texas State Bar grievance against City Attorney David Feldman. Jones's spokeswoman, Kelly Cripe, would not provide a copy of the grievance, but she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Jolanda Jones Picks C.O. Bradford for Her Council Rep at Disciplinary Hearing

    Jolanda Jones has the former police chief repping her.​Houston City Councilman C.O. Bradford will represent Councilwoman Jolanda Jones at a three-member panel hearing to decide if the full Council will discipline or clear her of complaints related to an Office of Inspector General investigatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Jolanda Jones In More Hot Water: City Says She Lied To Investigators

    Jolanda Jones has more explaining to do​As we reported back when it happened in February, city councilmember Jolanda Jones went to a publich earing on alleged HPD abuses handed out cards urging residents to not talk to police if questioned, cards which contained the phone number of her crimina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Jolanda Jones's Controversial Visit to HFD Station No Big Deal, City Investigators Say

    Jolanda Jones is effing cleared of allegations​The latest brouhaha between city council member Jolanda Jones and the Houston Fire Department -- concerning claims she belittled firefighters while visiting the downtown station -- is overblown and involved no misconduct, the city's Office of Insp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    HFD Hit Yet Again With Harassment Complaint, This Time by a Hispanic Firefighter

    Another companit against the Houston Fire Department​Just a week after the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sided with a Houston firefighter's charges she was harassed, HFD was hit with another embarrassing allegation of firehouse misconduct. In a press conference today, a Hisp ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Prison Pays

    Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private prison corporation GEO keeps getting contracts from the state.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Sarah Palin Somehow Comes Up In Red Light Camera Hearing

    Nowhere to hide. ​If there's one place we expect to be safe from Sarah Palin and her reality TV exploits, it's a courtroom in a federal courthouse during a hearing about red light cameras. We are wrong. Sarah Palin's Alaska received at least three mentions at a hearing earlier today, starting with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Galveston ISD Threatens to Sue Watchdog Group

    Nowhere to hide. ​If there's one place we expect to be safe from Sarah Palin and her reality TV exploits, it's a courtroom in a federal courthouse during a hearing about red light cameras. We are wrong. Sarah Palin's Alaska received at least three mentions at a hearing earlier today, starting with ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Flashing Lights

    The HISD police officer was supposed to be there to protect children. Instead, he raped a 17-year-old and said it was her fault. And HISD says it bears no blame at all.

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Gentleman's Agreement

    Fine words and policies are wonderful. Unless there's a secret subtext, with a different set of dos and don'ts.

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