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George Greanias

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Metro Gets the Light-Rail Federal Funding It Craved

    Metro had itself a party this morning, with tons of local officials making happy speeches and a federal official on hand to dole out cash. The transit agency announced it's officially been cleared to get $900 million in federal funds to build more light rail in town, funds that had been endangered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Chung T. Luu: Metro Worker Killed When He Sticks His Head Out of Rail Car

    A sad day at Metro​A Metro worker was killed last night when he stuck his head out of a railcar and it hit a support beam in a repair shed. Chung T. Luu, 45, who had been with the transit agency for 11 years, was working in the Rail Operations Center about 6 p.m. last night when the incident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Drivers Protest as Metro Contract Negotiations Grind to Halt

    Photo by Brittanie Shey​Union members lined the north and east side of Metro's downtown headquarters this morning -- a prime visibility location for those taking the light rail to work -- to protest the breakdown in contract negotiations between Metro's leadership and members of the Transporta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Metro Issues Statement On Fatal Crash (Update: 288 Will Suck for Tonight's Rush Hour)

    No other inuries in the accident​Metro is mourning the death today of bus driver David Sayers, who was piloting an empty extended bus down 288 this morning when it crashed. The agency says Sayers was returning to the bus depot at the end of his shift about 8:30 this morning and he "appears to ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Ruins in the Park

    The search for remnants of Houston's past

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Pauline Higgins's Metro Defamation Lawsuit Settled Today, Finally

    Pauline Higgins is finally at peace with Metro.​Two years ago to the day, attorney Pauline Higgins was fired from Metro's legal department. Metro, under Frank Wilson,  publicly gave reasons for her dismissal: Higgins was a bad boss, hired her friends and used company resources to plan a golf ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Drink Up, Texas

    Sunday liquor sales to close budget gap.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Jerome Gray : Longtime Anchor Becomes Metro Spokesman

    Jerome Gray will be explaining Metro to you​Metro has a new public face: Jerome Gray, the longtime anchor for KHOU and KPRC news. Gray's contract with KPRC was not renewed last year, possibly because he is no longer 26 years old and perky, if he ever was. He'll be a V-P and "senior press off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Metro Settles Its Differences With Its "Buy American" Spanish Railcar-Provider

    Metro closes one more chapter from the Frank Wilson era. ​While the crowd over at the "new" Metro has worked to settle in and push its new image, one of the big things hanging over its head was possible litigation from Spanish rail car company CAF. If you haven't followed the story: When stuff rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Metro Tries Yet Another Way Of Providing Airport Service

    Metro's Airport Direct is getting the biggest change out the agency's bus service overhaul. ​Metro officials discussed today the details of a sizable overhaul of the agency's bus service for next year, and, surprisingly, the move has little to do with saving money. In fact the changes, as currentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Metro Gets Bit By The "Buy American" Rule

    An FTA ruling concerning light rail cars purchased from Spanish company CAF puts a whole lot of money in jeapordy for Metro. ​Metro has received just about the worst news possible: The Federal Transit Administration's "Buy American" investigation found that Metro did, in fact, violate federal guid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Gregory Clark: Metro Driver Fired For Drinking Before A Fatal Crash

    After a Metro wrecker driver, Gregory Clark, hit a car, he failed a drug and alcohol test. ​On Tuesday, a Metro wrecker hit a car on the south side of the city, sending the two passengers in the car, including a 64-year-old woman, to Memorial Hermann hospital. According to a Metro press release ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Metro Takes Several More Steps To Distance Itself From Frank Wilson

    The Sweetheart Contract bus may have made its last run​The buzzword around Metro is "new."A recent press release from the agency, for example, promoted "New Metro's" standards, and at this morning's board meeting, the agency's president, George Greanias, talked about the same New Metro.And it did ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Metro Votes To Settle Paper-Shredding Lawsuit

    The Frank Wilson era gets further into the rearview mirror, Metro hopes​The Metro board has voted to settle the Lloyd Kelley lawsuit that spawned a wild series of tales of the agency shredding paperwork.No details of the settlement were released, but the agency took pains to note how quickly a new ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Train Wreck

    How Metro and its president Frank Wilson got so far off track.

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Metro's Frank Wilson Is Gone, But Troubles Remain

    We're on the road to nowhere​Even with the departure of Frank Wilson, Metro still has a few hurdles before it can regain the public's trust, which is the agency's main goal right now, according to Gilbert Garcia, the Metro board chairman, and George Greanias, Metro's newly appointed president. Wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    George Greanias' First Metro Meeting: Exorcising The Ghost Of Frank Wilson

    ​George Greanias presided over his first Metro board meeting yesterday afternoon as the agency's new president, and board members seemed giddy to finally proceed without the dark cloud of Frank Wilson hanging over the place. There wasn't any of that boring talk about lawsuits or document shredding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch: Down Goes Wilson!!! Down Goes Wilson!!

    ​Today's installment of the Frank Wilson Survival Watch is our last -- the Metro president announced his resignation at a meeting this afternoon -- but that doesn't mean Wilson is completely dead to Metro. He's still got quite a bit of cash coming to him, thanks to generous contract stipulations t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch, Day 9: Fat Lady's Warming Up

    The needle begins to move ever-leftward for Frank Wilson​The Houston Chronicle and other media outlets are reporting the death knells for Metro CEO Frank Wilson seem to be getting louder.The consensus seems to be that a Friday board meeting will end with his resignation, and former city controller ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Is This Guy Too Smart to Be Mayor?

    Bill White hopes brains and big bucks will get him elected

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Parting Shots

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

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Mayoral Minority Report

    Who can avert the 2003 runoff from hell?

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Jump-starting a Political Engine

    Will Montrose come home in 2001?

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    All Together Now

    Civic, school and business leaders unite to try to pass a massive HISD bond election

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    No Account

    Secrecy and lack of oversight plague housing programs

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Below Standards

    An audit of the Greater Houston Wastewater Program uncovers significant flaws in testing and inspections

  • 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

    January 29, 1998

    The Insider

    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

    January 15, 1998

    The Insider

    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

    January 8, 1998

    The Insider

    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

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    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

    December 11, 1997

    The Insider

    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

    October 30, 1997

    Easy Street

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    All Apologies

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    Letters

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Show 'Em Your Money!

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Rules of the Game

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    The Insider

    Bob Lanier's frenzied program to repave Houston's streets has been wildly popular in the neighborhoods but it's come at a steep cost to taxpayers. As Press staff writer Bob Burtman reveals in the first of a series of reports on the city's public works mak

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Usual Suspect(s)

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

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    Letters

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

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    The Rule of Men, Not Law

    Who gave Lanier & Co. permission to loot Metro? They did.

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Funny Business II

    It seems the city's contract with Municipal Collections is a family affair

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    Jitney Jihad

    Yellow Cab goes to war to keep jitneys off Houston streets

  • Calendar

    June 9, 1994

    Press Picks

    Yellow Cab goes to war to keep jitneys off Houston streets

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