Lucius Lomax
Dateline South Texas
Liars and Fools
My arrival in South Texas was a fluke, an accident of circumstance. A friend of a friend was Starr County correspondent for The Monitor, the afternoon paper in the “big city” up the valley, McAllen. Starr County fell into a … Read More
Capitol Offenses
Manure Flows Downhill at the Mansion
She’s throwing weeds again.” “She” is Anne DeBois, administrator of the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. According to state memoranda, workers on the Mansion grounds have repeatedly been subjected to temper tantrums (including yelling and screaming), physical abuse (being manhandled, and … Read More
The Plot to Hijack the Alamo Flag
In February 1998, two Texas officials arrived in Mexico City on a confidential mission, carrying the qualified blessings of Governor George W. Bush. They were met in the Mexican capital by the chief of the narcotics affairs section of the … Read More
Afterword
A Visit to the Texas White House
Our tour guide at the Governor’s Mansion was Megan “Muffy” Applewhite, university coed and daughter of a Houston petrochemical magnate. Muffy was about twenty years old – nice figure, black hair, black eyes, legs like a lioness. Asked how she … Read More