City Corruption Probe In Houston

Are you sure New Orleans' corrupt kingpin Stan "Pampy" Barre did not have his greedy paws in this? I know his illegitimate grandson, William, lives here. Maybe he needed child support.

Federal investigators who began looking into city corruption during the administration of former Houston Mayor Lee Brown — and bagged guilty pleas from two of his top officials — are continuing to press for information about several city-owned facilities and the process by which they were built.

In late December, the city received several federal subpoenas asking for material related to the design and construction of the Houston Emergency Center and the architecture and construction of the fire training academy and new downtown fire superstation, Patrick Trahan, a spokesman for Mayor Bill White, confirmed Friday.

It also asked for documents related to the Hermes architecture firm, the Keystone Group (which built the emergency center) and, finally, expenses from a trip to Los Angeles by the former director of building services, Monique McGilbra.

Oh no; he wasn't involved in this. I forgot that he was so busy kissing the feds ass in order to get a reduced sentence.