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  • Ex-city official pleads guilty to bribery(chief of staff for ex-Houston mayor Lee Brown(D))

    12/14/2004 8:18:40 PM PST · by Diddle E. Squat · 7 replies · 374+ views
    CLEVELAND -- Former Houston and Harris County official Oliver Spellman pleaded guilty today to bribery charges filed just last week, saying he accepted $2,000 to influence government contracts while serving as chief of staff to former Mayor Lee Brown. "I took money from an individual in return for favor in winning government contracts," Spellman told U.S. District Judge James Gwin of Cleveland. He said he took the bribe in July 2002. Although neither he nor the criminal information document filed last week named the person who paid the bribe, other court documents indicate it was well-connected Cleveland businessman Nate Gray....
  • From West side to East End, Sanchez courts his old allies(hit piece on GOP Houston mayor candidate)

    09/28/2003 6:35:06 PM PDT · by Diddle E. Squat · 6 replies · 127+ views
    Scrapping the speech about irresponsible spending he gives to Anglo conservatives on Houston's West side, mayoral candidate Orlando Sanchez instead shimmied and flapped his elbows to woo a group of feisty seniors boogieing down to the "chicken dance." This, apparently, is what it takes to win the support of los viejos decked out in their brightest Mexican party dresses and guayaberas. Sanchez is splitting his campaign time between the barrio, where his native Spanish and Hispanic surname are expected to help him win votes, and Republican neighborhoods, where he rails against mismanagement at City Hall. The Cuban immigrant hopes to...