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Marty Stein

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Take A Look At The BARC Change Agent's Contract -- Complete With Discount!

    Photo by The Consumerist​The City of Houston's proposed contract with Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care Interim Chief Gerry Fusco has a $23,500 discount. (Read the contract here and here).The lowered cost to $135,000, which the contract states Fusco agreed to, will be used "to defray the City's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    A Bit Of A Slowdown In The Rush To Approve BARC's Change Agent

    Photo by wsilver​City Council did not vote on BARC interim chief Gerry Fusco's contract because it was not completed in time for the meeting, according to the mayor's agenda director."The documents weren't in," Marty Stein told Hair Balls. "....In this case, what happened was, because this is ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    The Six-Year Itch

    City Hall reality series: Who survives on Bill White's island?

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Rice Gets the Mayor Back

    Some former students question whether Brown's a plus

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    The Highs and Lows of Life with Lee

    The best and worst from the Brown days

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    The Schmooze Returns to City Hall

    Facing an out-of-control council, Brown recalls a veteran vote saver

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    An Early War Casualty?

    Mayoral challengers find money, attention and time dwindling

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Letters

    Big on Little Joe, A Capital Idea, Truck Lines

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Brown's Diss-functional City Hall Family

    Drug testing and staff backstabbing have 'em dropping like flies

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Lutfi's Loot

    A contractor's gold-plated gifts raise a ruckus at City Hall

  • 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.

  • 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

    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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