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Before we get to the meat of this week's Housnitch, I just want to let you know that Metro has been temporarily derailed. Read the full story at the Houston Chronicle Web site. They have even included a poll on whether Metro should be allowed to build its rail line. Be sure to vote early --- and often.

"It was thought there wasn't very much effort put in place to make sure the citizens know what we're doing," 

With that statement, Cheryl Dotson tried to explain why Mayor Lee P. Brown has an office that is WAY over budget, while telling other departments to take a 1% cut in theirs. 

Brown expands communications office staff

Election-year move raises questions of priorities

By MATT SCHWARTZ
Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle In a year in which Mayor Lee Brown has ordered most city departments to cut their budgets, his communications staff is growing yet again........Their salaries add up
to $494,000, not including benefits.....

Well that's a really good story there Matt, but ya didn't count Cheryl Dotson's newly expanded staff in that equation....Margaret (Meg) Bowers was hired on 10/7/2000 as Cheryl's Administrative Asst. @ $42,120.00. Her husband, Robert had already come on board on April 3rd of 2000 to the tune of $88,286.90 (but the Mayor was already out of money, so he's being paid from Finance & Administration's budget (HEY! didn't the Mayor say that there was no need to add the amendment to the last budget saying that no employee could  be paid from another department, "Because the honor system is working?" .... yeah .... right .... lots of Honor here!) And a Mr. Jonathan D. Hill came at about the same time Meg did, actually 10 days later, on 10/17/2000 to the tune of $52,000.00. And let's not forget Ms. Cheryl herself is making $113,220.12.

Housnitch did make a call to Mr. Hill. We wanted to know if he was the same John Hill who was involved in that $893,000 illegal contract that Cheryl received up in DC. He assured us that he in fact not that John Hill  & that he was resigning. That he was going back to the private sector. We thanked Mr. Hill and hung up & not 5 minutes later we received a call for Meg Bowers ... (funny how fast they call when they think WE might be on the track of something!) Ms. Bowers wanted to know if SHE could help Housnitch, at the time, I responded that no she couldn't, and asked what had prompted her call. She referred to my call to Mr. Hill. Then she asked me what i had wanted from him, i did explain my question to him & she asked what his response had been. She was told & promptly hung up. 

HMMMMMMMMM---"It was thought there wasn't very much effort put in place to make sure the citizens know what we're doing,"  

if that truly was the JOB of that bunch up there .... they wouldn't freak out when someone asks questions!!!!   and Hey! MAYOR/CHERYL .... we here at HOUSNITCH tell 250,000 people a week JUST WHAT YA'LL ARE DOING!!!!!!

Since we are into telling em....we thought we'd point out that having a HUSBAND/WIFE working in the same dept is AGAINST CITY POLICY!!!! 

SOMEBODY HAS TO GO!!!!!!!Ya'll can't be in the same department, or even the same floor.(Now Ms. Cheryl .... go put some SPIN on that. That's what you're hiring up there .... SPIN DRS.) 

If you just did your job ..or knew HOW to do your job, you wouldn't need all those people. And it would go a long way if you cleared out all those stooges that are screwing up our Public Works department, and the Idiots who figure the budget!!!

Cheryl Dotson hired all those people because SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING  and HOUSNITCH along with the rest of the Media in this city is publishing the REAL goings on.

Mayor Brown has been "campaigning" before he's legally allowed to do so.

Being a Democrat Pct. Chair, Housnitch receives all manner of invitations to participate in breakfasts, lunches, community meetings, etc. 

Well, we had heard he was campaigning before the law allows it, and being very active in Senate Dist. 6, we accepted an invitation to breakfast this last Saturday, at Merida's restaurant. The invitation said it was to discuss matters of interest, concerning the community. Yes, Lord....the MAYOR's interests were heard LOUD & CLEAR. If this article so far hasn't shown you a contrast in our city governance. We'll point out a few more:

Congress woman Sheila Jackson Lee woke everyone up with a loudly delivered pep talk about how Democrats were alive & well in Houston, in Texas & in Washington. And added how we all needed to continue to support the Mayor. State Senator Mario Gallegos, came in with the same message, and we were all urged to be sure & sign our pledge cards to the Mayor right then.

Then our Mayor himself spoke, and said he was so tired of the partisan politics being practiced on Council.  He recollected as Police Chief he couldn't remember who was a Democrat/Republican because there wasn't any partisan bickering. Then he went on to tell the crowd of Democratic pct. chairs, (and we wondered if it was just an oversight on the Mayor's behalf that he only invited Democratic Pct. chairs to the breakfast) ... anyway ... Mayor Brown went on to inform the mostly Hispanic crowd that it was the "Republicans on council who had taken funds away from their older neighborhoods, with the tax roll back."
That they were members who had lights & water projects, and streets repaired, that kept them from getting the funds necessary to fix their older more needful communities. 

He stressed that this was a Republican agenda, pushed by people who had nice neighborhoods & didn't have the needs their neighborhoods did.

He forgot it took some Democrats to put that 8 vote on the record so his wanton spending sprees would stop.

Mayor went on to say ,"I don't think you'll be able to elect a Republican in this city in 2-4 years" . With that, the Mayor began a litany of every thing he had done.

Sue Schecter was in attendance, (Local Chair of the Democratic Party) ....  passing out Texas Democratic Party Sustaining Membership Program enrollment applications .... IF THERE IS PARTISAN POLITICS BEING PRACTICED ON COUNCIL ..... THIS MAYOR IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT & ACTUALLY PERPETUATES IT, AND IS JUST AS GUILTY AS THE ONES HE IS POINTING FINGERS AT.

We weren't allowed a question & answer period, but Housnitch wondered about the lack of funds in those neighborhoods. John Castillo has been on Council for 6 years....he's a Democrat. Felix Fraga before him, he's a Democrat, Lanier as Mayor...he was a Democrat, and Lee himself has had 3 years in office...he SAYS he's a Democrat.

Since the  Mayor truly is the only one who has control of council agenda ... If he HONESTLY cared about the poorer Hispanic neighborhoods ... it's really HIS decision which CIP projects come up for allocation of CIP monies ... isn't it? 

WELL, ISN'T IT???

You will see that the rest of this year .... right up until election day that ALL CIP monies will go to the Black & Brown communities .... and they will get the bulk of the minority contracts too .... but to be HONEST about it ... he didn't do that, during the last campaign,  because he didn't have any real competition then. This time around it's rumored more than one DEMOCRAT will challenge him. NOW, he will come to our communities & ask that you help him get the word out on what he has done. Well Mayor....THIS Democratic Pct. Chair, mother of ten, wife of a Mexican National, now American Citizen, HISPANIC ACTIVIST...is more than willing to " make sure the citizens know what you're doing," 

 THAT'S more than a campaign PROMISE!!!

ANYBODY BUT BROWN IN 2001!!!!!!!!!!!

Is public safety the number one issue?

The IAD investigation concerning the homophobic slurs & treatment given to a most productive fellow police officer who is gay , and his partner at Central Division is finished. Housnitch called Lt. John Silva on more than one occasion to confirm the outcome. On Monday last he promised to call & inform Housnitch. Ya'll remember how we here in Housnitch reported on this incident in Housnitch 53. Back then the Chief promised us a speedy conclusion....well, it has been ANYTHING but a speedy conclusion. (and Mayor, with this being an election year....you better do something FAST!)

Housnitch1 [9:12 PM]: DO YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE IAD INVESTIGATION?
)(*&^% [9:12 PM]: yes I do
Housnitch1 [9:12 PM]: Sorry about the caps
Housnitch1 [9:12 PM]: would you tell me?
Housnitch1 [9:13 PM]: Chief is angry at me & has been advised by legal not to talk with me anymore
)(*&^% [9:13 PM]: all the Sgts got kicked out of Tact. including Garza
Housnitch1 [9:13 PM]: WHY GARZA?
)(*&^% [9:13 PM]: Crain got days off along with the capt.
)(*&^% [9:14 PM]: none of the officers got anything
Housnitch1 [9:14 PM]: But Garza didn't do anything wrong
)(*&^% [9:14 PM]: 4 officers heard Morgan call Jeff and Alsbrooks faggots and nothing happened to her
Housnitch1 [9:14 PM]: NOTHING happened to Elizabeth Morgan?
)(*&^% [9:14 PM]: we believe she must be sleeping with someone in IAD or a friend of the Chief
)(*&^% [9:15 PM]: Nothing happened to her
Housnitch1 [9:15 PM]: well, well, well....but why was Gaeza moved?
)(*&^% [9:15 PM]:    we think she must have been be sleeping with someone else too or had in the past and they are protecting her. least she tell on them                                                                )(*&^% [9:16 PM]: we don't know why Garza was moved
)(*&^% [9:16 PM]: they cleaned House
Housnitch1 [9:16 PM]: well, I'm going to let the public decide about our
Chief of Police...
)(*&^% [9:16 PM]: Alsbrooks is still on a radar unit
Housnitch1 [9:16 PM]: why?
)(*&^% [9:16 PM]: Alsbrooks cannot go back to his position because the other officers who sabotaged his felony arrests are still there
)(*&^% [9:16 PM]: I wish I knew the Answer
Housnitch1 [9:16 PM]: .We heard they could use good TACT
people
Housnitch1 [9:17 PM]: has anyone spoken with Council member Annise Parker about this?
)(*&^% [9:17 PM]: No, I don't think so
)(*&^% [9:17 PM]: these homophobes are still policing the Gay
community
)(*&^% [9:18 PM]: its a Sad day for the Dept and the citizens of Houston.
)(*&^% [9:18 PM]: They have 2 weeks before the transfer happens
)(*&^% [9:19 PM]: . We cant figure out how 4 officers can say Morgan
called those guys faggots and nothing Happens
)(*&^% [9:21 PM]: and she and her homophobic buddies are still out
making undercover arrests in the Gay community
)(*&^% [9:22 PM]: Garza did the right thing about sticking up for
what's right and he gets fired..
)(*&^% [9:22 PM]: We cant believe this
)(*&^% [9:22 PM]: Totally unfair
Housnitch1 [9:22 PM]: ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR
Housnitch1 [9:23 PM]: anything else Housnitch should know before we start making phone calls & publishing?
)(*&^% [9:23 PM]: Garza is the most dedicated fair, hard working, by
the book supervisor you have ever seen .. Alsbrooks went above & beyond the call of duty. Him & his partner's arrest record was 3 times better than any other officer in that squad . this is a disaster for the good guys
)(*&^%[9:23 PM]: Shows what Happens when you try to stand up for
what's right
Housnitch1 [9:24 PM]: do you have a copy of the outcome?
)(*&^% [9:24 PM]: No. there is no copy
Housnitch1 [9:24 PM]: where is Garza being moved to?
)(*&^% [9:24 PM]: just a decision by Lt. Roman
Housnitch1 [9:24 PM]: SOMEBODY somewhere has a letter about the outcome of this investigation
)(*&^% [9:25 PM]: we don't know. probably back to Patrol without OT and weekends off.
Housnitch1 [9:25 PM]: ahhhhhhh, Roman....the supposedly calming veteran?
)(*&^% [9:25 PM]: anyway you look at  it, its a slap in the face
)(*&^% [9:26 PM]: Its all messed up. they even fired Sgt Nelson who
did nothing but write a letter in favor of Alsbrooks & Jeff. and he gets whacked too
)(*&^% [9:27 PM]: He said Jeff and Ruston were Hard workers and were always getting intelligence information from his office.. ie.. Doing their Job.
Housnitch1 [9:27 PM]: FIRED?
)(*&^%p [9:27 PM]: We're so angry.  Morgan got away Scott free
Housnitch1 [9:27 PM]: he was FIRED?
)(*&^% [9:27 PM]: Fired from Tact
)(*&^% [9:27 PM]: which is bad on your record
Housnitch1 [9:28 PM]: oh...ok.....i think the word is MOVED?
)(*&^% [9:28 PM]: sent back to Patrol
)(*&^% [9:28 PM]: its a demotion
)(*&^% [9:29 PM]: If Morgan had used the Word Ni**er.. it would have
been the end of her.. but you can insult people by calling them a Faggot and its ok
)(*&^% [9:29 PM]: which is BS
)(*&^% [9:29 PM]: there is no room in the HOUSTON POLICE Dept for this crap
Housnitch1 [9:29 PM]: yes dear i know
)(*&^% [9:30 PM]: and the Chief is letting her off the hook..
)(*&^% [9:30 PM]: We did the right thing
)(*&^% [9:30 PM]: what worries a lot of us, is these officers will take it out
on the Gay Community
)(*&^% [9:31 PM]: its policy now, you can f**K with the Fags and
)(*&^% [9:32 PM]: Call gays names, and THIS  Dept doesn't care.. they will take the word of this adulterous female over the word of 4 good officers
)(*&^% [9:32 PM]: This is WRONG WRONG WRONG
Housnitch1 [9:33 PM]:  .DON'T AGONIZE.....ORGANIZE!!!!!
)(*&^% [9:33 PM]: It has been a bad week for Us
)(*&^% [9:33 PM]: We're all very sad for Garza.
)(*&^% [9:34 PM]: he is a good man
)(*&^% [9:34 PM]: thanks Housnitch
)(*&^% [9:34 PM]: God bless you
Housnitch1 [9:35 PM]: Lord Child don't thank me yet
Housnitch1 [9:36 PM]: i think we should call on the gay & lesbian political  caucus
)(*&^% [9:36 PM]: they need to know about this.. these officers are in
their neighborhoods and they hate fags
)(*&^% [9:36 PM]: and the Chief & the Dept doesn't care
)(*&^% [9:37 PM]: good night .. thanks for listening

Well, Boys & Girls, after this exchange, and the Chronicle full of depositions saying that the Chief had not maintained a control over the gang task force, or seen to it that

HPD accused of rights violations / Records reveal warrantless searches in
drug investigations

 

With even former Police Chief Nuchia giving a sworn statement "acknowledged gang task-force officers were directed to "go to the line, into the gray area" in searches, seizures and arrests" Current Police Chief Bradford was informed on more than one occasion that there was a conflict in written policy & actual application.. Kim Ogg, former head of the Mayor's Gang Task Force : ."Ogg said the ineffective and conflicting HPD policies pose a danger to the community and to officers. "The risk is danger to the community," Ogg testified .

That Bradford has taken NO action to rectify these problems, is an action in it's self. By NOT doing something, he has condoned these activities.

That he has punished GOOD MEN, for doing what they are supposed to do in reporting harassment, based on sexual orientation, and done nothing more than give the higher ranking officers a slap on the hand, speaks volumes for his LACK of managerial style, and shows that he believes he is above having to keep the law.

ALL IAD outcomes, come before Bradford before they are handed down. HE alone decides punishment / disciplinary action. HE can also send back a sustained finding and have the IAD investigators CHANGE it. Don't believe it? Do you Citizens really think we have a FAIR system working for us? NOT under this Mayor. NOBODY is held accountable, and if someone should exercise their right to complain, or sustain a complaint against the WRONG person, then they are the ones targeted for disciplinary action .... and in many cases ...  just thrown to the wolves.

A rather large file came to Housnitch. They are sworn court depositions. Sworn Testimony, under penalty of perjury by AID officers.

We did file a complaint with the OIG, but according to them .... Chief Bradford, even with a sworn complaint, can decide to hand back a sustained finding of perjury & have the IAD officers change it. Don't believe us? Click on that Icon down there....

DEPOSITION OF SERGEANT DENNIS SLATE, HPD IAD Investigator. Sworn to under penalty of perjury. Sgt. Slate testifies under oath, that a female Police Officer, and a male Civilian Police Employee, both testified to him that they had committed perjury under oath.

6 He says, "I have been told to tell

7 you to stop."

8 I said, "What is the deal?" The

9 office of the chief of police is reviewing this

10 case.

18 A. My lieutenant comes in and tells me the

19 chief of police says to stop. I have to stop.

10 Q. Do you recall whether or not he found that

11 Officer Sheri Chapman had violated the perjury

12 statute?

13 A. Yes, he did.

14 Q. What did he say about that?

15 A. That she was guilty of perjury......

6 A. If I would have been found guilty of

7 perjury they would have fired me from the police

8 department.

9 Q. Found guilty by who?

10 A. By the police department, if the

11 department had established that I perjured myself,

12 the Houston Police Department would fire me.

13 Q. Did the department establish that Officer

14 Sheri Chapman perjured herself?

15 A. Yes, they did.

16 Q. They didn't fire her, did they?

17 A. No, sir.

18 Q. In fact, they took no action against her

19 whatsoever, did they?

20 A. That's correct.

14 ...... the chief himself Chief Bradford would

15 have made that decision.

17 Q. Have you ever heard of it ever happening

18 to anybody else?

19 A. Yes, sir, I have.

25 Q. Have been directed by some higher

1 authority to find something or not find something?

2 A. Correct.

3 Q. That affects the integrity of your

4 division, IAD division, does it not?

5 A. Yes, it does.

25 perjury." He said, "Yes, but, you know, it involved a marital situation." And so I explained to him a

3 We have a person under oath. This is perjury.

1 Q. I don't mean to go into a civics lesson or

21 The Houston Police Department, police officers are

22 based on truth. That's our job, our job is to tell

23 the truth. When you call a Houston Police Officer,

24 you expect that person to be honest and truthful.

5 you this question: Who would have made the decision

6 whether to punish Officer Chapman, within the police

7 department?

8 A. Chief of Police.

9 Q. In his office?

10 A. His office.

You See Darlins......ONE MAN decides who gets prosecuted, who gets disciplined, who gets to continue who doesn't.....That's an awful lot of power for one man. With the recent discoveries by the courts concerning the Gang Task Force, this case, here & the general screwing of the Police officers who were just doing their job, Housnitch believes we have enough to call on the Department of Justice to come in & look at how our Police Department is being run.

If any of you police officers out there have any other information you'd like to share.....send it on babies, we have a P O Box, and I'll even come & pick it up. We NEVER divulge names....and hell, if it's in my P.O. Box, I never know who sends it anyway!!! We are also including a Lt. Watkins deposition for your viewing. He says the same thing ... ULTIMATELY, but if you want to see some himming & hawing...just click on that icon & have at it....it's long, it's tedious but it makes for great insight as to how our police department is being run..

Okay, Mayor, let's see.....The Police Department is being MIS-managed, the courts have found that minorities are being unduly targeted, a recent investigation into gay bashing, while sustained, has the Police Chief demoting...uh...excuse me, making "lateral" moves for all the officers who followed the rules & procedures & reported the gay bashing, yet nothing has happened to the female officer who uttered the slurs, and a slap on the wrist for her Capt's who were involved in the incident, and now we show you proof of and ADMITTED perjury by a female police officer & her male civilian lover, and NEITHER one of them were disciplined. We'd say "HOUSTON....WE HAVE A PROBLEM"

(since it is an election year guys.....let's see what the Mayor does)

The rest of you...get us some more information in here, with G W in the Whitehouse, we bet we'll see some results on a complaint to the DOJ.

Any Resemblance Between The Three Stooges  (GARY ORADAT, SHOWRI NANDAGIRI, AND HERBERT LUM)  And
Regular Human Beings, Whether Living Or Dead Is A Dirty Shame.

IF Herb Lum, Showri Nandagiri, & Gary Ordat had listened to the first contractor & decided to replace the bridge as recommended....we wouldn't have lost so much time & money.

Ok, last issue we told you about that bridge over Cole Creek on Bingle road...this time we have some photos for you, and the excerpted report we gave ya'll last week is from Tamborello Engineering Consultants who say the bridge had past it's life span. They recommended it be replaced....that report was done in August 1999... Here's your pictures guys...

WOULD YOU DRIVE OVER THIS???? ALLOW A SCHOOL BUS OVER IT?

HERB LUM, SHOWRI NANDIGIRI, GARY ORADAT DOES

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We had to attend the building services department state of the department ceremony yesterday, Wednesday, January 24.  This was my first real opportunity to see Monique McGilbra be herself.  Let me tell you, I was not impressed!  She is every bit as arrogant and contemptful as I had hear she was.  How a person with this type of abrasive, self-centered personality could become the head of a city department is beyond me.  It was all too much for me when I heard her brag about all "her" accomplishments during the past year.  While she may envoke the term "we" or our "team", she is really only speaking with any degree of respect about herself.  The only thing she has really accomplished is to get herself a job making over $100,000 a year, a job for her husband making over $60,000 a year, and jobs for her "friends", most of whom are also making over $60,000 a year.  Her dreams of glory are totally unto herself.  It is obvious she cares little for what's best for the city of houston and even less for what's best for those of us in this department who were are not friends of hers.  She is fixed with the blind bureaucratic vision of creating an empire by obtaining through any means available as many employees as possible.  I long for the day, and I know in my heart it will come eventually, when Monique McGilbra and all her friends are told in no uncertain terms by someone in charge who truly cares about the well-being of the city:  it is time for you to move on!  I just hope I can hold out for the next couple of years.

YOU  DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT 2 MORE YEARS....LIKE WE KEEP SAYING....ANYBODY BUT BROWN IN 2001

SOMEBODY HAS TOO, LET'S HOPE ENOUGH VOTER'S ARE !!!

FRED "ATSER" MARTINEZ IS SUPPOSE TO BE INSPECTING THOSE JOBS ... WELL, HE IS THE MAYOR'S FRIEND AND THEY APPEAR TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE RULES & REGULATIONS

Liberty alone demands for its realization the limitation of the public authority, for liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition.
          Lord Acton -circa 1862

tell em what you think darlins, we get tired of telling  them by ourselves.......

CITY HALL

HOUSNITCH