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    April 18, 2011

    Joe Roach, Former Council Member, Dies at 49

    Joe Roach​Joe Roach, the former Houston city councilman known as much for his dwarfism as being a politician, lawyer and TV analyst, has died after a brief illness, KTRK is reporting. The station says Roach, 49, had been hospitalized for a month with an undisclosed illness. He had been a cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    10 Good Differences Between 2000 and 2010

    ​Note: This was written by Richard Connelly and Craig Hlavaty We take a look in the print edition this week at a decade most of us would just as soon forget, the period from 2000-2010. But we have to admit not everything was bad. Cell phones, for instance, got a hell of a lot better. So loo ... More >>

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    In the Doghouse

    An animal typically has three days before he leaves the city pound, dead or alive. What happens during that time continues to cause concern.

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Letters 2000-08-17

    An animal typically has three days before he leaves the city pound, dead or alive. What happens during that time continues to cause concern.

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Like a Dog in the Dirt

    A jury helps a whistle-blower in his battle against city animal control unit abuses

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    The Insider

    Political Goodfellows Editor: Gabe and Gary get new toys; Lee and Mario cry in their stockings

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Insider

    Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    District ZZZZs Triumph

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Troubled Waters

    Contract abuses pump up costs for city's beleaguered bottling project

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Orlando and the 23rd Chair

    Did a councilman expose Furnituregate or help create it?

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Letters

    Did a councilman expose Furnituregate or help create it?

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Pushed Around

    For City Hall, one downtown cart vendor may be too many

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    The Wooden Indian Ticket?

    A Gore vote in 2000 could send Brown back to D.C.

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Santa's Push Cards

    A Gore vote in 2000 could send Brown back to D.C.

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Shaping the Council to Come

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Letters

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Altered Statements

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Vested Interests

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Trivial Pursuit

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    The Great Non-Communicator

    Houston's new mayor is working as hard as, or harder than, his predecessors. Now if only he could find a way to tell people about it.

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    The Insider

    Houston's new mayor is working as hard as, or harder than, his predecessors. Now if only he could find a way to tell people about it.

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Lovett? Or Leave It?

    Can public opinion preserve what a preservation ordinance can't? Or: Follow the bouncing wrecking ball

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Passing the Bucks

    Can public opinion preserve what a preservation ordinance can't? Or: Follow the bouncing wrecking ball

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    The Insider

    Can public opinion preserve what a preservation ordinance can't? Or: Follow the bouncing wrecking ball

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Insider

    Can public opinion preserve what a preservation ordinance can't? Or: Follow the bouncing wrecking ball

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    In Their Own Words

    Judging by the idle chatter of Hotel Six politicos, the moral barometer at City Hall is in free fall

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Flip-flopping

    City Council members, under pressure, change alliances in the airport-concessions contract battle

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    The Insider

    City Council members, under pressure, change alliances in the airport-concessions contract battle

  • Dining

    February 12, 1998

    Pasta Point of No Return

    So much Italian food. So overcooked.

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    The Insider

    So much Italian food. So overcooked.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    The Insider

    So much Italian food. So overcooked.

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    The Insider

    So much Italian food. So overcooked.

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Minimal Theories

    Despite the rhetoric, evidence on the minimum wage initiative isn't conclusive either way

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    Despite the rhetoric, evidence on the minimum wage initiative isn't conclusive either way

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    The Insider

    Despite the rhetoric, evidence on the minimum wage initiative isn't conclusive either way

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    The True Tradition of Houston

    Despite the rhetoric, evidence on the minimum wage initiative isn't conclusive either way

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Field Day

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    The Insider

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    The Insider

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    The Insider

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    The Insider

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

  • 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

    June 29, 1995

    Letters

    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

    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.

    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

    May 4, 1995

    Springtime for Bob

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

  • 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

    November 24, 1994

    Sheila Keeps Quiet

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

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