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"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in
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THE PEOPLE OUR PARENTS WARNED US ABOUT
Cheryl
Dotson
Cheryl
Dotson is Chief of Staff for the Mayor, directing all functions of the Mayor's
Office including:
Planning, organizing, staffing, and budgeting;
Handling Council relations and Council Agenda; and
Managing the City's Affirmative Action program,
Board's and Commissions, Media and public relations, and Government relations.
In
addition, in her role as a member of the Mayor's Senior Executive Staff, Ms.
Dotson:
 | Facilitates
strategy, policy and operational reviews of the City's administration and
structure for the Mayor; including:
 | Administrative
functioning of City Departments,
| Major
initiatives to the Mayor and to Council, and
| Reviewing
audit responses for the City; |
| |
| Oversees
economic development activities of the City; and
| Coordinates
the effort to make certain that the Mayor's message is effectively
communicated |
| |
Housnitch had an occasion to meet with Ms. Cheryl Dotson on
Tuesday, the 27th. All of this coming about from an e-mail that we received last
week:
| Subj: |
It's entrenched all throught City Hall |
| Date: |
2/22/01 3:56:52 PM Central Standard Time |
| From: |
|
| To: |
Housnitch1 |
Don't
'spect you know how Cheryl Dodson's sister got a contract for $22,000 to do a
management study for the Midtown TIRZ?
The study was the management structure - all three (3) people. Wow, $7,333.00 to
study each person. How many pages was this report. Who authorized it? Which
fool's gonna sign off to issue the check?
ALL IN AN ELECTION YEAR!
L.P.B.'s friends are all taking advantage of him. Does he even know about this
one?
Several
phone calls later, Housnitch found out that Ms. Andrea Dotson, sister of Cheryl
Dotson, Chief of Staff to the Mayor, had indeed been approved by the TIRZ for a $22,000
consultants contract. This is not a contract that goes before Council or the
Mayor for their approval.
One
of the functions of a the Midtown TIRZ is.... Retaining professional consultants
in the fields of finance and accounting, planning, engineering, law, and
landscape architecture to assist with the daily business of running the district
and attracting new development.
They have the authority to RECOMMEND awarding the contracts...City
of Houston Planning must sign off on them . To date they haven't signed off on
this one.
In
speaking with Cheryl, who I must admit is a very personable woman. She has a
great smile & her eyes catch the light in just a way as to make her seem so bright
eyed & interested in what you have to say ..... She really is a people
person ... (personally
I think she'd be a hoot on a Friday Girl's night out!). She assured me that she
had no connections to her sister's business. Which by the way, just happens to
be Cheryl's OLD company. Cheryl assured Housnitch that she no longer held any interest
in the company and had sold it to her sister because she did not want anything
like this to come about. She had the kind of car she wanted ... the house she
wanted, and she truly wanted to be of service to the city of Houston, which she
loves. She wanted no conflicts of interest to be associated with her service to
the city, or the Mayor. (Cheryl also opined that the e-mail was sent from Robert
Litke or Bill Calderon in City of Houston Planning ... because she had initiated
audits on TIRZ. Housnitch guaranteed her that NEITHER of these gentlemen were on
her list of known snitches, and that indeed this e-mail snitch had been with us
for quite some time ... to which she added ... well "I know it started with
them ... everyone who works for the city knows how to get information to you
.... and who to give it to so you will start poking around." We gotta smile
at that! )
Now...does Housnitch believe that all this contract business was innocent
enough?
I promised Ms. Dotson that I'd tell the WHOLE story....Here goes Cheryl!
Let's look at this:
Mayor appoints majority of board members to the TIRZ
(of the 4 he doesn't appoint...2 are
made by his friends Rodney Ellis & Garnet Coleman, the 3rd comes from
his own office staff)
This TIRZ is in Mayor Pro Tem Jew Don Boney's district
(Mayor
appoints Pro Tem)
and now, his Chief of Staffs' sister gets this contract.
Bill Calderon says that Planning has not approved this contract as of yet.
That planning had some questions as to the selection process .... Hmmmmm, did
Cheryl start her audit of the TIRZ ... BEFORE or AFTER this contract stuff?
Doing a little looking around the internet, Housnitch has found that
Cheryl & her sister Andrea own 6 properties together.
Just
Love Houston
And Housnitch didn't see any HOMESTEAD Exemptions there...
Cheryl's voter registration says 8004
Main ... but the county says that's an over 65 homestead exemption, so we
kinda tend to believe that it's her parents or an older family member who lives
there ...
Cheryl's voter registration says Cheryl L. Dotson... well
we've found out that from the Texas Department of
Driver's License that the L. stands for Lanier...
Driver's license also says that Cheryl Lanier Dotson lives in
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. A quick check of the property records in Fort
Bend County says that YEP, Cheryl has a homestead exemption out there ...
(loves the City of Houston huh?)
Hmmmm, I wonder if she voted in the city elections?
THAT WOULD BE VOTER FRAUD WOULDN'T IT? BUT, Cheryl
wouldn't do anything like that. Nor anything that would hurt the Mayor.
(or so she professed to Housnitch)
Cheryl Dotson came work at the City of Houston on 10-17-99 as
Deputy Director of Finance & Administration @ $113,220.12. She's now the
Mayor's Chief of Staff and the salary is the same.
This home has carried a Homestead exemption since 1991.
Cheryl is claiming it as a Homestead Exemption. Her driver's license says this
is where she lives...IF because she was working in Washington, DC prior to
returning to Houston ... and quite possibly renting out her home ... & MAYBE
had to register at her relative's address until those people vacated her home
... She MIGHT could have voted LEGALLY in the past City elections ... but then
... SHE COULDN'T HAVE CLAIMED THIS ADDRESS AS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION if she was
renting it ...... AND, her driver's license was renewed in July, 1999 saying
this was her residence ..... (six of one...half a dozen of another)
Oh...YES, Housnitch knows that parts of Missouri City are allowed to vote in Houston City elections...BUT NOT THIS ADDRESS!
(How are we doing on getting the whole story told Cheryl?)
Now.....let's look at this work Cheryl was doing up in DC:
Copyright From
the Houston Press :
Dotson's last public splash came last year in Washington, D.C. It was in
connection with her old boss, Barnett, at the time the district's chief
management officer.
According to the Washington City Paper, Barnett never conducted
open bidding in awarding an $893,000 contract to consultant Dotson to outfit the
District's antiquated Department of Motor Vehicles with a new computer system......"The
result of the inquiry was a contrite admission in late August by Barnett that
she had illegally awarded the contract to an associate," the publication
reported.
Also according to an Archives search of the WASHINGTON POST,
Cheryl Dotson left that city with the contract still being under investigation
by the GAO (General Accounting Office) and the FEDERAL OIG (Office of the
Inspector General)
So...did ya'll think Cheryl really sold her company to her
sister? Or is it a paper shuffle? They appear to be so close...
The name of that company is...SMART MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
INC.....or so says The Washington Post & Cheryl herself, and Cheryl says she
sold it to her Sister.......but ya know what?....
Certificates for filing with the
Secretary of State to dissolve, merge,
withdraw, or convert are not available through this Web site at this time.
| Company Information |
SMART MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC
6161 SAVOY DR STE 1230
HOUSTON, TX 77036-3326 |
| Status |
IN GOOD STANDING NOT FOR DISSOLUTION OR
WITHDRAWAL
THROUGH MAY 15, 2001
|
| Registered Agent |
CHERYL DOTSON
6161 SAVOY STE 1230
HOUSTON, TX 77036 |
| Registered Agent Resignation Date |
| State of Incorporation |
TX |
| File Number |
0127918400 |
| Charter/COA Date |
July 27, 1993
| Charter/COA Type |
CHARTER |
| Taxpayer Number |
17604099550 |
| |
ca-003(Rev. 09-06-99)
For help, see Detailed
Instructions.
Should you require assistance concerning the corporate information presented,
please contact tax.help@cpa.state.tx.us.
Andrea is listed as President ..... (click on that button up there that says
Officers & Directors) ..... but as ya'll can see, Cheryl's still listed as
the registered agent for the company. (at the county Cheryl's still listed as
the owner.)
Office of Beverly B. Kaufman, County Clerk, Harris County, Texas
Assumed Names Inquiry System
DIRECT INDEX OF ASSUMED NAME RECORDS
FILE NUM.W. BUSINESS NAME & ADDRESS, OWNER NAME & ADDRESS (A-D) .FILM CODE.DATE FILED.T.TR.
========.=.==========================================================.=========.==========.=.==.==================================.
0772578 DOTSON CHERYL L ** EXPIRED ** 214000142 02-16-1989 10
206 PLAZA VERDE #E32 HOUSTON TX 77038
DOTSON & COMPANY 206 PLAZA VERDE #E32 HOUSTON TX 77038
0883247 DOTSON CHERYL L 222821432 07-13-1994 10
8303 SOUTHWEST FWY HOUSTON TX 77074
SMART MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 8303 SOUTHWEST FWY #480 HOUSTON TX 77074
0883248 DOTSON CHERYL L 222821433 07-13-1994 10
8303 SOUTHWEST FWY HOUSTON TX 77074
APEX AUCTION SERVICE 8303 SOUTHWEST FWY #480 HOUSTON TX 77074
B0149342 DOTSON CHERYL L 220911554 05-20-1993 10
8303 SOUTHWEST FWY HOUSTON TX 77074
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 8303 SOUTHWEST FWY #480 HOUSTON TX 77074
B0152593 DOTSON CHERYL L 220960734 07-22-1993 10
8303 SOUTHWEST FWY #480 HOUSTON TX 77074
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 8303 SOUTHWEST FWY #480 HOUSTON TX 77074
0402077 DOTSON CHERYL L ETAL ** EXPIRED ** 204882387 |
Somebody, some where isn't doing the paperwork if this company was sold ...
hey ... how about if we ask for a copy of the cancelled check???
Seems that on Monday, Ms Cheryl took a personal vacation day. Housnitch hears
she was in Philadelphia, putting in applications ... I did ask Cheryl about it,
and with a smile she only acknowledged that she took a personal vacation. When
pressed if she indeed was applying for another position outside our City, she
responded again that she took a vacation. Time will tell.
I hope we've told the whole story Cheryl.
We also hear Monette Goodrich will be leaving us soon...(if she hasn't
already turned in her walking papers...she is in the process of doing so)
I guess, that we won't have to demand Meg & Robert Bowers be moved
around...with Cheryl applying for out of town work they'll probably follow her
like they did from DC. (yes they worked for Cheryl under that $893,000
illegal contract).
We just might get the Mayor's office cleaned up some, get him back inside of
his budget. IF he's smart, he'll get somebody who knows how to do their job
& doesn't need 10 other people to get it done.
Somebody who has no baggage, and no personal agenda.
(Pancho Villa could neither read or write...but he surrounded himself with
VERRRY smart people who could....and he shot the ones who screwed up...)
One can dream can't they????
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| Subj: |
MISMANAGEMENT FIRE DEPT. (WHERE ARE YOU WAYNE DOLCEFINO) ??? |
| Date: |
2/28/01 11:42:26 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: housnitch1@aol.com
|
HERE WE GO AGAIN, DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER ABOUT 2 1/2
YEARS AGO AT ELECTION TIME, (NO I DIDN'T THINK SO) WHEN THE PEOPLE
OF HOUSTON VOTED ON BONDS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT???
THERE WERE 4 BONDS TO BE VOTED ON AND THE TOTAL WAS $300
MILLION EACH. FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC
WORKS, & PARKS & RECREATION. ALL OF EM'
PASSED EXCEPT, PARKS & RECREATION, (I THINKIT WAS PARKS & REC).
ANYWAY, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT STATED THE $300 MILLION WAS FOR
PURCHASEING NEW APPARATUS, ( WHICH HAS BEEN DONE), 3
BRAND NEW, (NOT REFURBISHED)
FIRE STATIONS, ( I THINK THIS HAS BEEN DONE), ***** AND THE 3rd
THING
WAS FOR A ............ TOTAL REVAMP OF FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS
................. THIS AS OF YET HAS ........... NOT.......... BEEN
DONE. (FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS ARE VERY POOR, AND HAVE
BEEN FOR A LONG TIME ) !!! (THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE
ANTIQUATED EQUIPMENT). OUTDATED !!!!!!!! (OUTDATED WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED)
!!!!! AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE ......
COMPUTER SYSTEM... WE USE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RECORDS, ALL THE WAY TO
DISPATCH, HOW INCREDIBLE ..... SLOW.... IT IS !!!!!!!
AGAIN OUTDATED EQUIPMENT !!!!!! (LOW BID).
WHOA BE IT TO ME TO VENTURE AN
OPINION, ***** BUT, I THOUGHT COMMUNICATION ON FIRE GROUND AT FIRES IS
VERY IMPORTANT !!!!!! OBVIOUSLY, THE MAYOR HAS A DIFFERENT
OPINION!!!!! ************WHICH BRINGS US TO THE
TOTAL REVAMP OF FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS.
WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN DONE YET???? ***** AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,
>>>> WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE TO FOR THIS ???????
******** NOW, BY THE WAY JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION,
***** IT IS A **** FELONY ***** TO
TAKE BOND MONEY, AND USE IT FOR SOMETHING OTHER BESIDES WHAT IT IT APPROPRIATED
FOR. SO, AGAIN, ********* WHERE IS THE MONEY ?????????
IF LESTER TYRA SPENT IT ON SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES WHAT IT STATED, HE CAN GO TO
PRISON. AND, IF MAYOR BROWN TOOK THAT MONEY AND USED IT FOR
WHATEVER HE WANTED, THEN .... HE.... JUST COMMITTED A FELONY.... BEN AND
BETTY ARE LONELY OVER THERE, AND THEY NEED SOME COMPANY .......
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS?????????
********* AGAIN, IT'S YOUR MONEY***** ALL OF US ARE PAYING FOR IT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ABOUT CALLING MAYOR BROWNS OFFICE, AND ASK HIM WHERE
THE MONEY IS???? I MEAN, HE'S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY !!!!!!
GIVE HIM A CALL AND TELL HIM INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW...........
(713) 247-2200 THANKS....
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| Subj: |
HFD super station |
| Date: |
2/28/01 11:16:49 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: housnitch1@aol.com
|
does mayor brown have any concept on how to run a city
????? NO WONDER WHY HE'S KICKED OUT FROM
EVERYWHERE HE GOES !!!!!!! (atlanta,houston, -- oh yea, don't forget DRUG
CZAR-- you know, WE'RE GETTING RID OF DRUGS IN AMERICA !!!! yea, right..... (did
anybody ever believe that crap ) ????? i hope
not!!!! then off
to new york, where they kicked him out again, and then where else would take
him??? HOUSTON ???? WHERE IF THERE'S ANYBODY LEFT WITH
IN HOUSTON WITH A BRAIN, THEY'LL VOTE HIM OUT HERE, BEFORE WE GET SO FAR IN
DEBT, WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF!!! i believe the term
is..... BANKRUPT
!!!!!! on the fire
department manpower problem, steve williams (from local 341, the firefighters
union) has told LeeROY, from the time he got into
office.... but, did he do anything about it??? NOOOOOOOO
!!!!! we can't spend money on
that, WE NEED A NEW BASEBALL STADIUM !!!!! that's
more important
!!!! kept on telling lee roy, his answer,
NOW WE NEED A NEW
FOOTBALL STADIUM !!!!!! and kept on telling him,.....his
answer,....
well hell, NOW WE NEED A NEW AREANA
!!!!!!!!! yep, you guessed
it, we kept on telling leeroy, his answer....... NOW WE NEED LIGHT RAIL
FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE ASTRODOME, --- AND LET'S RUN IT RIGHT DOWN A
HEAVILY CONGESTED STREET, AND TAKE AWAY 2 LANES IN THAT CONGESTED AREA,
FOR LIGHT RAIL, ---THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO USE !!!!!!!!hey mayor lee roy,
here's an idea,----- if you have to have YOUR light rail, how about,
ELEVATING IT, AND RUN IT DOWN THE MEDIAN, AS TO --NOT-- INTERFERE WITH THE
TRAFFIC THAT ALREADY EXISTS!!!!!!!!!!m i know, it won't be done, cause it
actually would make a hell of a lot of sense !!!!!! and that goes
against city policy!!!!******* which moves us to the ..........so
called..... super station, (the huge station south of downtown). let
me see now, everybody, correct me if i'm wrong
here, but, MY, common sense is kickin in here,
mayor lee roy ---in his infinite wisdom and knowledge, says that closing
down 2 fire stations (station # 1 410 bagby @ preston,
and station # 8 1307 crawford @ polk )
downtown, WILL NOT EFFECT RESPONSE TIMES
!!!!! now i'm not the brightest light in the
house, but, that's the
most ignorant statement i've ever heard
!!!!! if defies common sense, which
makes perfect sense to mayor leeroy. (GET THE POINT NOW PEOPLE
). and by the way, if someone wants to check
into this before the city screws up again, the land where station
1 sits was donated to the city, WITH THE EXPRESS CONDITION,
THAT THERE ALWAYS BE A FIRE STATION THERE
!!!!!!!! (sounds like another
macGreggor park scam to me ). SO, HOW ARE THEY GETTING
AWAY WITH SELLING THE LAND TO------LANDRY'S SEAFOOD
???????? (anybody care to venture a guess on that one
)???? ( does this mean LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTURANT
is more important than PUBLIC SAFTY ??? MORE IMPORTANT THAN A
FIRE STATION???? i guess only the next heart
attack, high rise fire, or emergency will answer that, WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS
HELP NOW !!!!! and there will be a delay, because we moved
the 2 fire stations to 1 big one a lot farther away, so, some
people can EAT SEAFOOD DOWNTOWN !!!!!!!!!!! ( i guess this makes perfect sense
to mayor lee roy). with logic like that, no wonder why the citys in the RED
!!!!! going back to the manpower problem, ( OOPS, THAT'S RIGHT, mayor LEE,
SAYS THAT THERE IS NO MANPOWER SHORTAGE). my question is
....... where is he at... FANTASYLAND?????? HAS HE
BEEN DRUG TESTED LATELY ????? us out here in
the real world, that are in the know, .... know that there is a manpower
shortage, which is getting worse, cause they can't get new cadets fast
enough. ( by the way, i think we're going to have some problems with with
the cadets that
are in the "fast track" course, but, that's just another story, and
problem among many). ***** now here's
the kicker, .... with the new implementation on the
"SQUAD" program, (which is another problem) they now HAVE
to make 100 new E/Os (engineer/operators). so, with the already shortage
of firefighters, THAT HAS EXISTED SINCE MAYOR BROWN TOOK OFFICE, we're now
going to be 100 firefighters shorter than we were. one
question mayor, WHERE IS THE MANPOWER GOING TO
COME FROM, fantasy firefighters ??????? ( be
it just me again, but, i kinda think it's just SIMPLE MATH-- or was he asleep
during that class) ??? hey wait a minute, i got it, -- IT MUST BE MAYOR BROWNS
---- NEW MATH )!!!!!!! maybe that
would explain it ... we NEED back to back classes, that go the FULL TERM
!!!!!!! JUST LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN !!!!! AND WE DO NOT NEEDONE SUPER STATION
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN, WE NEED TO KEEP STATION # 1 AND RELOCATE FIRE STATION #
8 IN THE SAME AREA, BECAUSE OF THE LIFE HAZARD DOWNTOWN DURING THE
WEEKDAYS, AND AT NIGHT DURING THE WEEKENDS,WHEN THERE IS AN INFLUX OF
WORKERS. you know, something called PUBLIC
SAFTY!!!!!!!!!!! when at a counsel meeting, the run stats for medic &
ambulance # 1 and ambulance # 8, were
stated as one of the top 10 ambulances for runs, MAYOR BROWN HAD NO IDEA
THEY MADE THAT MANY RUNS!!!!!! ---- I CAN SEE HE
DID HIS HOMEWORK THERE
!!!! yea, right...... as usual HE
DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THAT, WHICH DESCRIBES HIM PRETTY MUCH TO
A T . IF HE DOESN'T LIKE SOMETHING, HE JUST WON'T LISTEN. basically,
if HE, CAN'T MAKE MONEY OUT OF A PROJECT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO
HEAR IT !!!!!!! ********** BY THE WAY, DID EVERYBODY FORGET THAT THE
MAYOR GETS , I BELIEVE 1 % OF ALL THE BONDS PASSED!!!!!!!!
YEP, IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT !!!!! NOW, HOW MANY BONDS HAVE BEEN
PASSED SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE???????? don't worry too much, IT'S
ONLY....... OUR....... MONEY !!!!!!!!!! SO, IF ANY OF Y'ALL OUT THERE ARE
IN AGREEMENT WITH ME, WHY NOT LET MAYOR LEE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, GIVE HIM A
CALL AT (713) 247-2200 AND THANK HIM
FOR ..... NOT...... THINKING OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
!!!!!!!! while you're at it, why not just tell him
what a good idea he has on the super station, matter of fact, expand on
his idea, tell him all we need to do is build one
HUGE, MEGA STATION, about 20 blocks long or more, and, just put ALL THE
EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON THERE, and dispatch them
from there !!!!!!!!!!! same principal, only problem is
KINGWOOD might have a delayed response time, ----- WOOOO, WAIT A
MINUTE, THAT'S RIGHT, --- IT WON'T EFFECT RESPONSE TIMES, CAUSE
MAYOR BROWN sAYS IT WON'T !!!!!! SO, IT MUST BE TRUE ...........
THANKS................
From:
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:18 PM
Subject: Raul Regalado
Any information on the former Director of O&M for the Houston Airport
System:
RAUL REGALADO would be GREATLY appreciated. I have seen an article from
your
archives on him but am unable to access it. Please help with this query.
Thanks a bunch!
Nashville, TN
It's Archive # 31...and the links are to a
newspaper account of the fraud committed at San Jose Airport. THEN HE CAME
HERE...God have mercy on Nashville...
From:
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 2:28 PM
Subject: Forwarding info
Recently one of our compadres compiled a salary survey of fire depts. in
Texas. As expected, we suck hind tit. Would you like to see this info? It's a
pretty big file, maybe I could fax it instead of e-mail. It takes about 70
minutes to download (it didn't seem that big when I put it in the file!).
So here's something else to make you wonder - who is profiting? If we picked
up the money trail, just where would it lead?
"For the first time since 1839, Houston will not have an active fire
station
in the immediate downtown area. Citing progress and revitalization, the City
will close Fire Station 8, located at Crawford and Polk since 1894, for
construction of the new basketball arena. Fire Station 1, sold to a private
developer, will close in the near future. In the late 70's, Fire Station 5 on
Hardy and Station 10 on Chartres were closed and in 1984, Station 2 on West
Dallas was also deactivated. In 1986, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, Snorke18 and
Salvage 8 were put out of service due to budget cut backs. With downtown
being the focus point of new businesses and residential living, the City is
clearly stating the almighty dollar far outweighs overall fire protection and
public safety in downtown Houston."
mail it to me baby, and we agree on the
administration having forgotten all there is about our public safety.
From:
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Wheeler Avenue Church
It is refreshing to see that the truth come out
about the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church leaders. The church has
allowed members who give contributions the right to stand before a
congregation and lie to make themselves look good. Rev. Lawson is an example
of a man who has been bought. Shirley DeLibero and other officers in
his church are rewarded for their lies. Is this the type of church that sane
people send their children to? I think not. This church is encouraging
negative behavior in our youth. If she lied about her educational qualities
then she has lied about other things such has her integrity. Keep up the
good work and write it right. Thank You
thank you for the kind words Darlin
From:
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:43 PM
Subject: Trinh's BS
Why is everybody coming down on Queen Monique and her
braindead zombies in Building Services? QM is the perfect municipal department
director: cowardly, vain and got her job the old fashion way- from her daddy's
golf buddy, LeePee. The real class act here is our favorite class clown: Trinh
Pham. Little Princess Trinh is perfectly suited for the queen's ship of fools.
Trinh is unqualified, incompetent, unprofessional, dishonest, and unethical.
She's perfect! Trinh has no integrity so she fits right in. She conducts
herself with no sense of honor or leadership so she should go far, cuz she
sure won't find a job in the real world.
PS: the same descriptions hold true for Trinh's grunts in the BS department.
You can plug in most of the above terms to describe Ollie Schiller, Rueben
Sherman, Clark Martinson, and most of the poor souls stuck over in that joke
of a department. When the boss is worthless..
we thought Clark was a good guy...
From:
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:12 PM
February 10,2001 I observed a Houston police officer driving a police
vehicle with the license plate #676902 and the #24212 in the window with
kids inside his vehicle jumping up and down in the back seat as he was
driving. I followed the officer and he drove to the police station at 61
Riesner and the kids got out and hugged the officer as if they knew him. The
kids stayed around the area with bags of candy or cookies and were walking
around selling it from what I could see from my vehicle. The kids sold some
candy or cookies to other officers exiting the same building where the
officer with the stripes on his sleeves entered. What strikes me as peculiar
is the fact that this officer seemed to be on duty but yet he had kids with
him supervising them. Now as a taxpayer, I surely hope that I am not paying
this officer to patrol the city of Houston and watch his kids at the same
time. As a nurse I cannot take my kids to work with me and watch them while
I work so why does the city of Houston allow such careless disregard for the
life of a child. What if this officer had been involved in an accident
or was flagged down in the police vehicle? By God the children could get
hurt.
Another concern is that the kids were not wearing a safety belt and were
allowed to jump up and down in the vehicle as if it were a Merry-go-Round .I
doubt very seriously if this is the first time this officer has had kids
with him because he was driving as if he had nothing to worry about. Is this
the norm within the Houston Police Department? I was so upset that I
waited for the officer to exit the building to ask him for his name and
badge number. He did not exit the building while I waited so I approached
another officer whom I had seen this officer talking to and was informed
that the officer was not an officer but a sergeant named Sgt. Young. I told
the officer that I did not approve nor did I think the city approved of such
conduct. The officer informed me that the sergeant always picks his kids up
while he is at work and rides them around. The officer asked that I not use
his/her name because there could be retaliation.
As a parent, i too have been guilty of taking my
children into my job so they could sell their school candy to my
co-workers...i was not however a Houston Police Department Sgt. One can only
hope he was OFF-DUTY...our guys over all are great people.
From:
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: BS is right!
So we keep reading accounts of how disastrous the sad experiment call Building
Services is and the monster continues to rear its ugly head. Is there any
gossip about the OIG investigation of illegal gifts given to Trinh Pham? What
about using staff to design and deliver wedding invitations on City time? Is
Ollie Schiller still driving her City vehicle even though it is not used at
all for City business?
Let's review: in the past weeks we have established
that nobody knows really what Carletta Dirden and Jacquelyn Nisby do. Both
have gigantic offices next to the queen but don't really seem to produce
anything. Unless you count party planning for Queen Monique. And that's only
if Carletta can book her daughter's dance group as the entertainment and she
can do her off-key Whitney Houston-caught -in-a-bear-trap impersonation. And
no one knows if Jacquelyn does or can do anything or is even supposed to. Time
to find a job gang.
Which brings us to Trinh Pham. After speaking to a Marketing Professionals
luncheon the reviews were consistent: "Is she that arrogant or just
stupid?", "...in way over her head.", "Typical City of
Houston incompetence." Funny isn't it how the same words are used to
describe Trinh regularly: incompetent, arrogant, unqualified,
in-over-her-head, and now the best and most succinct...stupid.
But let's not spend too much time hammering the Mayor for this fiasco, he has
plenty of those. Let's take the issue where it belongs, to Al Haines who
approves all this garbage. The Mayor couldn't care less about some piddly
department incompetence; he has spent his entire career getting jobs he was
not qualified for and fooling the public in general. Come on, he got a neat,
high-paying job for his golf buddy's daughter (that would be Monique) and the
rest sits squarely on Al Haines' desk. The rest are Monique's buddies who will
disappear when she does. Is there a more incompetent human resources advocate
that Jane Cheeks? Is there a more abusive and offensive personnel
administrator than Lula Nelson? Who the hell is Clark Martinson and why is he
an Assistant Director over Design and Construction? Does he have any
qualifications at all other than a hike-and-bike trail and some chrome street
lights he watched get installed?? *wow* Oh that's right...friends of Monique.
All the brave talk about the new department and the great new way of doing
business "like a Business with industry professionals running it"
has turned into what everyone hoped it would not- business as usual at the
City of Houston with the worst of the industry abusing their power and egos.
The only good thing is some real amusing insights from the sad staff members
who take this abuse for the sake of their pensions who have hope that a forum
like this will have some effect and make a difference. Time to clean house
The OIG is still investigation is still
on-going...as to how it will come out...ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE...IT'S AN ELECTION
YEAR...LEE PEE WILL EITHER ALLOW A true FINDING & CLEAN HOUSE & LOOK
GOOD TO THE CITIZENS OR HE WILL DEMAND A COVER-UP BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW HE SCREWED UP. (we kinda think he'll do the second one...he
doesn't like having to fire his friends or admit that he made a bad decision in
giving them a chance))
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| Subj: |
Re: URGENT ! |
| Date: |
2/28/01 9:32:55 AM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: Housnitch1@aol.com
|
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF YOU!!!
ON THE FRIDAY'S PUBLICATION YOU MENTIONED THAT AL HAINES WAS ASKING DEPARTMENT
HEADS TO CUT BUDGET BY 3%, DOES THAT APPLY TO ALL DEPARTMENTS? OR IS AVIATION
(FINANCE DIVISION) EXCLUDED? THE WICKED WITCH OF THE FINANCE DIVISION
(MYRNA WARFORD) IS ABOUT TO HIRE TEN (10) NEW EMPLOYEES WITH DEGREES. SHE HAS
BEEN GOING TO JOB FAIRS ALL AROUND THE CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. SHE IS ON
A MISSION TO REPLACE ALL NON-DEGREED PEOPLE. AS WE LEAVE WE WILL BE
REPLACED. MYRNA IS ALSO TRYING TO LEASE MORE SPACE ON THE BUILDING THAT WE
ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT. SHE WANTS TO HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR HER NEW
PEOPLE. NOT ONLY WILL SHE BE HIRING TEN PEOPLE, BUT ALL HEADS OF FINANCE
WILL BE GETTING A BIG PROMOTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE CITY IS ALSO LOSING
ALLOT OF MONEY WITH THAT AVI SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSE TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL
LIMOUSINES GOING IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT. LIMO DRIVERS FOUND A WAY
AROUND IT AND ARE NOT PAYING
QUESTION, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES NEW SOUTH PARKING HAVE WORKING AT THE
AIRPORT? THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY GETTING CHARGED FOR ONE
BADGE, FOR ONE EMPLOYEE. ARE THEY ALL SHARING ONE BADGE? I DON'T THINK SO.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WORKS AT THE AIRPORT, WHETHER THEY WORK FOR THE CITY OR
NOT, HAS TO HAVE A BADGE.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW,
| Subj: |
bs about bs's car policy |
| Date: |
2/27/01 10:59:38 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: Housnitch1@aol.com
|
i just watched the report on channel 13 about the abuse of take home cars in
the bs department. problem with the report is that it is only half
done. truth of the matter is those employees using their cars to drive
700 to 900 miles to and from home per month and then 200 miles on city
business are lying. the 200 miles includes going to lunch! do you
think those people come to work and don't leave to go to lunch. lets get
real here. these are mostly friends of monique's, she's paying them big
bucks and giving them a car as a way to further supplement their
salaries. this is all part of monique's backassed way of taking
care of business as it suits her and be damned with city policy. the
whole practice of issuing cars in the bs department should be audited (is
anyone in controller's office listening?). there are folk who's assigned
work locaiton is 611 walker and they've been given a car to drive.
monique has abused her authority for over a year now. its time someone
stepped in and put a stop to monique's mess.
| Subj: |
Monique McGilbra's "City" Vehicle |
| Date: |
2/26/01 8:13:33 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: Housnitch1@aol.com
|
Dear Brenda,
As a relatively new
employee in the building services department I was surprised and shocked to
see our director, Monique McGilbra, getting out of one of those very large
Ford Expeditions. Here the city of houston is always short of money and
can't even make its payroll some weeks and she gets to drive this gas
guzzler! To make matters even worse, the only way you could tell it was
a city of houston vehicle is that it has those city license plates.
There are no markings on the front doors, no large city of houston seal, or
building services department in red letters, or vehicle number, or anything
like is required on every city vehicle you see. I've read that she uses
it for personal reasons all the time and now I understand how she gets away
with it. If I hadn't seen her getting out of the thing I would not have
know it was a city of houston vehicle! I just do not understand why all
these things are overlooked. Isn't anyone paying attention? I
suppose the real question is, does anyone care about how wrong things are in
the building services department? The answer must be no. What a
shame.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN...WE WROTE ON THIS
VEHICLE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WHEN SHE FIRST GOT IT
| Subj: |
Houston Comical Editorial |
| Date: |
2/26/01 1:27:49 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: housnitch1@aol.com (housnitch)
|
|
Mr. Todd would take a less
costly ride.
Houston Comical Editorial
Picture this: A man (a woman or one of Annise Parkers friends may be
substituted) leaves his/her/its residence in the morning, walks two blocks to
the Museum of Fine Arts' sculpture garden, strolls past the Marino Marini statue
of a pilgrim on a horse and arrives at the nearby bus stop. Three minutes
later he catches a muffled, smooth-riding bus that drops him off near his office
downtown.
That evening he disembarks from the bus and has the option of seeing the latest
exhibit at the museums or going to the local pub for a pint of ale. He chooses
the latter, returning home without menacing a soul from behind the wheel of an
automobile.
Except for some street work this scenario can take place right now and can
continue unless City Councilman Rob Todd and his fellow litigants give up and
allow the Metropolitan Transit Authority's light-rail pork barrel feeders to
tear up more of the cityıs streets and install an antiquated, unsafe trolley
car system that will require he/she/it to walk farther in Houstonıs gorgeous
weather to reach their destinations.
| Subj: |
RE: Monday's meeting! |
| Date: |
2/26/01 9:06:48 AM Central Standard Time |
From: AParker@CN-NTS-DOMAIN.CityOfHouston.com
(Council Member Annise Parker)
Sender: cwynne@cnl.ci.houston.tx.us (Cicely Wynne)
To: Housnitch1@aol.com |
Dear Brenda:
This
is the light rail letter normally sent by Council Member Parker, who is out of
the country representing the city until Tuesday.
Thank you for writing about light rail.
Any three Council Members may call a meeting, but it is not an
official meeting of the Houston City Council unless eight members of Council
agree that the topic is urgent and agree to attend. Council Members are only
required to attend the standing meetings of Council, which are held on Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday morning.
You may not be aware that we have already had a record vote at
a regular meeting of Council on whether to hold a city election on the rail
line. That motion failed. Mr. Todd didn't like the result.
This is a backdoor effort scheduled when many rail supporters
are unable to attend. (Council Member Parker is out of the country until
Tuesday.)
I believe a citywide referendum on rail would be non-binding
since Metro funds are collected throughout the county. I understand the desire
of many to have a public vote on rail. As you may know, Metro officials had
expected to have a referendum on light rail, but in July 1999 the county
attorney ruled that Metro is forbidden by state law from holding a rail
referendum unless bonds must be approved. Any second phase of construction to
extend rail would require bonds and an election.
I support this light rail starter system as the first phase of
a meaningful light rail-commuter rail plan to reduce congestion and pollution as
well as spur economic development throughout the Houston area. After wasting a
decade and millions in rail studies, we should already have a comprehensive rail
system. Starting the first phase, or hub, in the dense central business-Medical
Center-Museum District makes the best sense to me.
Dallas began with a small light rail starter system in the
heart of the city, and ridership exceeded expectations so much that they can't
expand it fast enough. That's why voters recently approved a bond issue to
expand the Dallas-Fort Worth light rail-commuter rail system throughout the
Metroplex.
I have constituents who elected me to office. But I also
believe my constituents are Houstonians who will live here in 10, 20 or 50 years
from now. Rail should be part of our comprehensive transportation plan, as it is
in every major city in this country and Europe.
Once again, thank you for writing. Please contact my office at
713-247-2014 if you have any problems with city services or suggestions for
improving our city. My City Council website is: http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/citygovt/council/1/
Sincerely,
Annise D. Parker
Darlin...we think ANY session of Council
is OFFICIAL ... no matter who called it ... and Dallas started it's first rail
line from SMU to town...they came OUT TO IN ..... tell the truth ... (my whole
family lives in Dallas) .. we wonder what happened to the Annise Parker who sat
at Council table last year & said she did not think it was her job to FORCE
government on the citizens?...THAT ANNISE SOUNDED LIKE SHE MEANT IT....Too bad
she didn't. TOO FEW TRUE STATESMEN LEFT IN THE WORLD.
| Subj: |
Hitchin a ride for free in the bs department or money for nothing |
| Date: |
2/25/01 9:10:33 AM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: Housnitch1@aol.com
|
Looks as though monique
mcgilbra is taking a look at the take home priviledges of city cars in the bs
department. Here's something most people don't understand. First
of all she gets to make the decision on who takes home a car. You can
bet her pets will be allowed to continue abusing this perk. Second, most
people don't know that monique also controls the distribution of the monthly
car allowances. Executives in the bs department who do not have a city
car are given a montly allowance of $350 in cash. This
is a total freebe, no justificaiton, no records, no nothing! People like
trinh pham, ruben sherman, eugene inouye, ollie schiller, assorted managers,
and so on are given this allowance because they choose to drive their personal
cars to work and then supposedly drive them for city business. Once on
the job they hitch rides with their employees and never drive their cars for
city business. This is a total rip off of city money and should be
investigated.
IT SHOULD BE... but this Mayor isn't big on
taking responsibility. ANYBODY BUT BROWN!!!!!! IN 2001
| Subj: |
Airport Work |
| Date: |
2/24/01 6:54:44 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: housnitch1@aol.com
|
You may want to have someone check into why
the City Of Houston Attorneys
office is forcing Project 560 to be rebid. The new bid process will cost
taxpayers a great deal of money, and probably result in higher construction
costs.
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WELL, we know councilmembers read
us...maybe someone will check it out...just in case we have forwarded this
complaint to the one's we know will ask questions....
| Subj: |
The New 311 Staffing |
| Date: |
2/24/01 10:23:35 AM Central Standard Time |
| From: |
|
| To: |
Housnitch1 |
Incompetence
at its best.
When perusing the new budget/staffing for the 311 system (slated to go into
effect on 04/01) you can't help noticing the General Manager: GLORIA BINGHAM.
This is the same land who can neither speak nor write. She's going to be paid
$3,400 biweekly. Her claim to fame? Her ethnicity! What more can I say but that
the Mayor takes care of his own - the Peter Principal at its best
| Subj: |
Use of city vehicles on personal time? |
| Date: |
2/23/01 8:20:31 AM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: housnitch1@aol.com
|
Dear Housnitch,
During my evening rush hour commute yesterday, I happened to see a City of
Houston Public Works Department vehicle on the way home. I would not have
paid special attention to the vehicle except for the fact I live in La Porte
- and I saw the vehicle on SH 225 heading east, my typical route home. The
vehicle was a Ford F-250XL pickup truck with the markings "City of Houston,
Public Works, Traffic Management" with a number 28188 (city vehicle
number??) and license plate 739-003. I stayed with the vehicle until it
took the first Deer Park exit, the exit just prior to the Center street
exit.
I know there are probably some people who work for the City that are
required to take their vehicles home, but, when that person lives in a
suburb several miles out of the city limits of Houston, is it really
appropriate to take these vehicles home?
I will admit I do not know the person in the vehicle nor where they were
going. I also do not know if the vehicle was being used for "official
business", but it looks bad when you see this sort of thing.
I am not a citizen of Houston, but I do care about the goings on in city
government, especially since anything that happens in the City of Houston
typically has some effect on those people living in the suburbs.
If you could check into this, it would be much appreciated.
Thank you - and continue your great work!
Signed - A Concerned Suburbanite
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Dolecifino & 13 did it for you Darlin....we
think things just may change...MAYBE...at least until the election is over....
| Subj: |
More BS on the bs department |
| Date: |
2/22/01 8:07:15 PM Central Standard Time |
From:
To: Housnitch1@aol.com
|
word out of the managers
meeting last week with ms monique is that after over one year on
the job she has decided to stop the take home privilege of SOME employees
and also be sure the cars are maked properly. say
what? after a year ms monique finally admits things havent been done
right in HER department. can it be! the question
yet to be answered is who gets to continue taking a car home,
besides ms monique, of course. supposed to be those who are on call 24
hours a day. as defined by who? why by ms monique, of
course. pity the poor saps who were driving a car when ms monique became
director, in other words, folk who arent friends of hers. you can be
sure the people she has hired and given cars to, theyll get to keep on taking
them home. did you know there is one employee who lives in
Katy? a little far, according to the city rules governing the
use of a take home car. oh, there I go again, ms monique and her
friends dont have to go by the city rules, do they? now that trinh pham
is leaving(does anyone know the truth as to why) the question is, who will
take her place. some think ms monique has run out of friends wholl come
to work for her. but we can rest assured shell be able to dig up someone
(some else from the bottom of the barrel, that is).
BET that report on TV helped some...LOL
ANYBODY
BUT BROWN!!!!!!!!!!! IN 2001
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