Subject:

Jerry Dinkins

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    November 23, 2000

    Back at the Trough

    The politics behind the new arena

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    June 17, 1999

    What's in a Name (and Sex) Change?

    A preacher accuses the judiciary of allowing same-sex marriage fraud

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    April 29, 1999

    Digging Up the Dirt

    Indictments are only an interim phase of the public works probe

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    May 28, 1998

    Passing the Bucks

    Indictments are only an interim phase of the public works probe

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Shuffling Funds

    Latest audit shows more evidence that the Public Works & Engineering Department made deals with taxpayer money without checking with City Council

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    March 19, 1998

    Waiting for Get Done

    The renovation of Miller Outdoor Theatre continues to crawl along

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    See No Evil

    Under director Jimmie Schindewolf, the city's public works department has averted its eyes from shoddy work, mismanagement -- and corruption.

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    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.

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    November 13, 1997

    Experience? Credentials? Who Needs 'Em?

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

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    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

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    April 25, 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

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