Subject:

Helen Huey

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Runoff Worries

    Brown duplicates 1997 showing, but Sanchez has the momentum

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Payback Time

    Burned by police union opposition, a councilman counterattacks

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Smooth Operator

    Jack Linvillle transformed a little architecture firm into a leading public contractor -- with help from some well-heeled political pals

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    District ZZZZs Triumph

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Term Limits: The Next Generation

    A fractious bunch fills the city ballot, but the blood flies in District H

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    You Go, Boys!

    The mayor who can't deliver bad news

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Hammerin' Helen and Mister Mild

    A feud flares between a former city councilwoman and her successor

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Santa's Push Cards

    A feud flares between a former city councilwoman and her successor

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    Letters

    A feud flares between a former city councilwoman and her successor

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Shaping the Council to Come

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Abatement by Any Other Name...

    A Heights mother tries to get the lead out

  • 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 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

    November 13, 1997

    Caution: Consultants Ahead

    The city has been doling out millions in no-bid contracts to outside consultants on public works projects. sometimes the results aren't pretty.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    The Insider

    The city has been doling out millions in no-bid contracts to outside consultants on public works projects. sometimes the results aren't pretty.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Undiscovered Country

    The city has been doling out millions in no-bid contracts to outside consultants on public works projects. sometimes the results aren't pretty.

  • 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

    September 11, 1997

    Jack's Big Payback

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    It's a bird, it's a plane ...

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Great Brown Hope

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Rules of the Game

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Letters

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    The Insider

    How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

  • News

    January 23, 1997

    Sexually Disoriented

    Politics -- not logic -- drove Council to enact the new jury-rigged SOB ordinance

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    The Insider

    Politics -- not logic -- drove Council to enact the new jury-rigged SOB ordinance

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    Two for the Road

    In which our man in Dallas joins Sofia Staks, Kayla Kleevage and other noted First Amendment activists on a mission to rescue Houston from the pashas of prudery. Or something like that.

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    In which our man in Dallas joins Sofia Staks, Kayla Kleevage and other noted First Amendment activists on a mission to rescue Houston from the pashas of prudery. Or something like that.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    The Insider

    In which our man in Dallas joins Sofia Staks, Kayla Kleevage and other noted First Amendment activists on a mission to rescue Houston from the pashas of prudery. Or something like that.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Mr. S.O.B.

    Rick's CEO Robert Watters wants to make sexually oriented businesses respectable. So why, in his adopted hometown, does he get no respect?

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Mom's the Word

    Did Helen Huey's influence help her son get around the city's building code?

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    The Insider

    Did Helen Huey's influence help her son get around the city's building code?

  • 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

    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

    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.

    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

    June 1, 1995

    Perk of Office

    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

    May 4, 1995

    Springtime for Bob

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

  • News

    April 20, 1995

    Suing Her Pants Off

    An activist with an attitude discovers the cost of speaking out

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    It's Joe B.'s World

    In the Kingdom of Bob, lawyer Joe B. Allen is the prime minister of vested interests

  • News

    December 8, 1994

    Nightmare on Pech Road

    An apartment owner tangles with a bureaucracy that makes up the rules as it goes along

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    Out of the Soup

    Yes, the city's settlement of a lawsuit was a good deal -- for Helen Huey

  • News

    September 29, 1994

    Letters

    Yes, the city's settlement of a lawsuit was a good deal -- for Helen Huey

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