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Lee McGuire: April 2008 Archives


Helicopter comedy hour

10:43 AM Wed, Apr 30, 2008 |
Lee McGuire

by Lee McGuire
INSIDE CITY HALL

Crime is no laughing matter, but fighting crime can be.

In a discussion about whether to buy a fleet of new helicopters for the Houston Police Department, conversation turned to the age of one of the choppers that's currently used for training.

The poor thing was built in 1975 and looks like something out of "M.A.S.H." On a tour of the helicopter hangar last week, the top training officer for HPD told me that it's been on its last legs for a decade now.

Before voting for the money to replace it, Council Member Mike Sullivan remar...



DA race: Lykos ahead in early vote

7:57 PM Tue, Apr 08, 2008 |
Lee McGuire

by Lee McGuire / 11News
At Lykos Campaign Headquarters

Pat Lykos and supporters have gathered at a Greek restauraunt in Montrose to watch results come in. Unlike most candidates, who wait until some results are posted to show up at watch parties -- Lykos was here before even any reporters. Typically we're the first ones to arrive, to stake out tables and good camera positions. I arrived just after 7pm -- and Lykos and City Council member Anne Clutterbuck were seated at a candle-lit table, below a giant plasma TV displaying blank election returns.

It only took a few minutes for...