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By Shelby Webb Down the street,inthe By Dane Schiller,St. predawn darknessand predawn darkness, he saw John Barned-Smithand lasted 20 minutes before At first,Lee Williams someone shooting at cars. Shelby Webb thegunman, whom police thought thethreeloud “I ran back in, gotmy identifiedasNathanDeSai, bangsthatwokehim Mon- flashlightand cameout Alawyerwho opened 46, wasshotand killed by daymorning came from a here as trafficwas com- fire on commuters for no officers. nearby constructionsite ing down, because they apparentreason during Sixofthe woundedwere heralding the start of yet use this as acut-through the morning predawn rush transported to area hospi- another workweek in his street,” Williams said.“I hour in aHouston neigh- tals. Theother three were West University neighbor- waswaving at them to turn borhood Monday,wound- treated at the scene and hood. away,don’t go thatway.” ingnine people,was released. It wasabout 6:20 a.m. He wasscreamingat Mark Mulligan /Houston Chronicle wearing avintage military Acting HoustonPolice Forawhile,helay awake the drivers to stop, to turn Jennifer Molledalooksstunned to see thebloodied face uniform and hadNazi em- Chief Martha Montalvo in bed. There were more around. Apolice officer of her husband, Alan Wakim. Twobullets went by him. blems on him, police said. said at anewsconference bangs, so Williams gotup down the street wasdoing Therampage on aquiet Mondayafternoon police and went outsidetoinves- the same. ››Wa tchvideos of the scene and seehow events street near West Univer- did not yetknowexactly tigate. NeighborscontinuesonA8 unfoldedatHoustonChronicle.com/shooting sity Placebegan in the Shooter continuesonA8

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GREATER HOUSTON Walking to school has become atoughcourse for moststudents

Itrudged throughshin-high in Cinco Ranch. have lobbed emails back and grass and weeds, strugglingto It took me forth like kids shooting spit- keep my balanceonthe slop- 42 minutes to wads in aclassroom, clashing ingterrain of aditch.Cars and complete the overdetails such as howto trucks streaked by on my left; journey of 1.7 measure the distance between a Iglanced to my right and sawa miles. It would school and astudent’shome, the pool of stagnant water. Pushing MIKE be hard to design meaningof“hazardous,” and asidemyworries about the Zika SNYDER an environment whyanadjacentneighborhood virus,Ifixed my gaze straight more hostile to gotbus service when Highland aheadand pressed on. pedestrians. To expect achild Park did not. After what seemed likehours to endure this experiencetwice More than 60 parents have Ireached astretchwhere the aday for nine months wasun- filed complaints to the district, grass hadbeen cut and the go- imaginable. said Mattathu,who has em- ingwas easier.Ipassed asign: “The issue is not the dis- barkedonamultistep appeal “Warning:Gas Pipeline.” That tance,” said Tanya’sdad,Aby process thatcould end with the can’t be good, Ithought. Mattathu. “The issueissafety.” school board. Fornow,he’sar- Iwas walking along Gaston As the Chronicle’s Sebastian ranging carpools with other par- Road,abusy, two-lane thor- Herrera reported lastweek, ents. Friday, theday Istopped oughfare in the Katy area, pre- Mattathuand other parents are by,was his dayoff, so it washis tending to be 11-year-old Tanya at odds with the Katy Indepen- turn to collect Tanyaand some Philip. More precisely, Iwas dent School District overits other neighborhood kids. Jon Shapley /Houston Chronicle trying to replicate what Tanya decision that students in the In asense,mywalking test AbyMattathu picks up his daughter,Tanya Philip,second from wouldexperience if shewalked Highland Park neighborhood thatday wasn’t entirely fair. left,and her twofriends afterschoolFridayinKaty. Mattathu is the mostdirectroute from Tays don’tqualify forbus service. Other,somewhat longer routes pushingKatyISD to providebus service to his neighborhood in Junior High School to her house Parentsand district officials Snyder continuesonA5 Cinco Ranch.

AROUND THE AREA AND STATE Work settobegin Fiery on monument Themain elements debate of thelong-awaited new Texas African-American HistoryMemorial will arrive Tuesday forinstalla- for DA tiononthe groundsofthe Texas Capitol. StatePreservation office BoardspokesmanChris Currenssaid Mondaythat large bronze friezes areto be lifted into placewith Anderson, Ogg spar acrane as workers begin installing themonument, overvictim’s jailing, being built just west of the evidencescandal capitoldrivewayonthe south sidelawnofthe 1888 By Brian Rogers statehouse. Site work has been Before the fireworkserupted underway formonths for on national television between themonument,dedicated Clinton and TrumponMonday, to theAfrican-American Houston sawits ownfierydebate experienceinTexas — between the candidates for Har- from exploration to slavery ris County districtattorney. and from emancipationto Republican incumbentDevon achievementsinthe arts Anderson and Democratic chal- andsciences. lenger Kim Oggpulled no punch- Themonument is the es in the onlydebatescheduled firstonthe Capitol grounds for the county’stop lawenforce- to showcase the contribu- mentpost. tionsofAfrican-Ameri- “I think it’s apparentfor any- canstoTexas history. bodywho has been listening to JonShapley photos /HoustonChronicle Ms. Oggthatshe is clearly not fit Woodlands may Edward McGregor,who is servingalifesentenceinacapital murder case,entersthe 434th to be the Harris Countydistrict test bikesharing District Court in Richmond forahearingMonday. McGregor’s attorney is seekinganew trial attorney,” Anderson said in clos- because he believesthe conviction wasbased on inappropriately obtained testimony. ingafter araucousdebate in front TheWoodlands may of more than 300 people.“She play hosttoatestrun of the can’t do half of what shesays latesttechnologyinbike Newtrial sought for man she’sgoing to do.” sharingthis fall. In her closing, Oggreminded BCycle,abikeshare voters of the litanyofproblems equipmentsupplier, ap- thathaveerupted across the proached TheWoodlands convicted in 1990 slaying county’scriminaljustice system.. Townshipwithaproposal “Wehaveajustice system that that it useTownCenter as should relyupon evidence,but afield trial locationfor its By EmilyFoxhall three keywitnesses in theFort was“acting within thelaw,” Mc- insteadisbeing runbyprosecu- newBCycleSmartbike BendCountycase,offering them Connellsaid. tors whoare led, apparently, by a system in order to test RICHMOND —Attorney lighterpunishmentfor their Theback andforthwas be- win-at-all costsphilosophy,”Ogg equipment and gather user Randy Schafferstood at apo- owncrimesinexchange for tes- foreJudgeJames Shoemake, said. “I have avision for ajustice feedback. dium in the434th District Court timonyagainstthe accused man. whopresided overthe original system thattreats us all the same “Since we’resobike- and explained to the judge the Schaffer wantstosee anew case.Hemustnow outlinearec- under the law,thattriestohelp friendly and upscale … gravity of what he wasabout trial for hisclient, 43-year-old ommendation for the appellate people, not justconvict them.” (BCycle) thoughtThe to discuss: “This is acase that Edward George McGregor, court. Thetwo women sparred over Woodlands would be a strikes at the integrityofthe en- whoisserving alife sentence in Argumentsbegan at 2p.m., the treatmentofamentallyill good place (for the trial),” tire system,”Schaffer said. prison. And the attorney said he an hour pastthe scheduled time. rape victim whowas jailed for saidJohn Powers, assistant Thematter before themwas hoped prosecutorswould join Abailiff brought in McGregor, severalweekslastyear by pros- general managerfor com- an allegation of prosecutorial in hisrequest. “Why defendil- dressedinagreenjumpsuitwith ecutors under Anderson. They munity services for The misconduct, whichSchaffer legal and unethical conduct?” his hands bound in frontofhim. also talked at length about the Woodlands Township. contends six years agoinap- he posed. He raisedhis eyebrowsasheap- emerging scandal overthe unau- Theproposed trial propriatelyled to the conviction ButGail McConnell,ofthe proached Schaffer and satnext thorized destruction of evidence would go fromOct. 29 of his client in acapital murder Fort Bend County DistrictAttor- tohim. at the Precinct 4Constable’s Of- throughNov.13. case. ney’s Office,offeredadifferent McGregor’s parents watched fice. Thedefense attorney argued view,sayingthe statebelieved fromthe third row. Twoaunts Theplight of therapevictim Commissioners that aHarris County prosecu- theconviction wasvalid. They looked on in the same row, made national headlines when to vote on Dome tor failedtodisclosedeals with said theprosecutorinquestion Attorney continuesonA4 Debate continuesonA4 HarrisCountycommis- sioners on Tuesdayare set to vote on the future of the 4childreninjured in Humbleshooting Astrodome:the beginning Lawmaker plans of anew project to raise the floors of thestadium and put twolevels of parking to leave the House underneath. Much of thedebate Dukes,under from acar accidentin overthe Dome’s future 2013. has in recentyears has investigation, “This has been avery come down to money: cites health difficultdecision to Howmuchwould it costto make,” Dukes said in a demolish?Atleast$30 mil- By Mike Ward statement,firstreported lion, the countyestimates. by theQuorum Report Howmuchdoes it cost AUSTIN —Long- newsletter. the countytomaintain, time stateRep. Dawn- “Inlight of my ongo- as is,every year? Roughly na Dukes, whofaces a inghealth issues and $170,000. criminal investigation concerns,Ifind thatI Thecountyhas anew of alleged misuse of state cannolonger provide figurefor the parking plan funds,announced Mon- the active,effective lead- thatcould determine the dayshe plans to step ershipthatisneeded to historic stadium’sfuture: down Jan. 10. continuemysworn du- $105 million, expected to The11-term Demo- ties. Imusttakethe time be paidbythe county’s crat,who has repre- to focusall of my energy general fund,hotel tax sented northeastTra- to healand continue to revenueand parking fees visCounty in theTexas providefor my young David Taylor /HCN inroughly equalshares. House since 1995, at- daughter and extended Paramedics wheelaninjured youngman to an ambulance at thescene of ashooting From staff andwirereports tributed her decision to family.” MondayinHumble. Four children —ages6,11, 15 and 16 —werehospitalized. health issues stemming DukescontinuesonA4 Their injuries were not expected to be life-threatening.Story on Page A4. A4 | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | HoustonChronicle | HoustonChronicle.com andchron.com xx CITY |STATE Metro Debate focused on notification of lostevidence officer Debate from page A3 it wasrevealed thatshe outafter wasput in general popula- tion in the Harris County Jail lastyearafter break- incident ing down on the witness stand.She immediately Videoshows he wasfound walking into traffic in an apparentef- beat man fornot forttokill herself. Shewas leavingrail site putinamental ward after the court delayedthe trial By DugBegley overthe Christmas holi- days.When the formerly AMetro police officer homeless woman, named whoviolently beat aman Jenny, wasreleased from Gary Fountain photos earlierthis month after he the hospital, shewas not “Revictimizingavictimnever justifies theend,” said Republican incumbentDevon Anderson stood by her wouldn’t leave alight rail allowedtostaywithfamily Democratic challengerKim OggatMonday’sdebate, prosecutors in thecase,sayingtheyall “regret very stationresignedMonday in Houston. Instead, pros- referringtothe jailingofamentallyill rape victim. much what that victim went through.” morning. ecutorswho were trying to OfficerJairus Warren, convict aserial rapisthad crisisand mayleadtonew to taskfor finding out in saying sheplanstoask persofHouston.Since whojoinedMetro in No- the woman jailed until she legislation for victims to Februarythatevidence the county commission- leaving thatpost, shehas vember,tendered hisres- testified. While in jail, she have attorneysappointed hadbeen destroyedand erstoconsider acentral hadalong career as ade- ignationafter an internal hadanother breakdown in similar situations. stayingmum.Itwas finally property room for all of the fense attorney. investigation determined and wasgiven ablack eye. Ogg, whose mother was revealed by adefense attor- eight constables’ offices, a Anderson closed the he should be fired for use of kidnapped then escaped ney in August. newproposal thatseems hour-longdebatebysay- excessiveforce.Theincident Spurred newtraining aserial rapistin1962, said “She waited seven to have come outofthe de- ingOgg wasforcedout wascapturedonMetro’s DuringMonday’sde- last year’s incidentshould months to tell people,who bacle. of Crime Stoppers by the surveillance camerasused bate,Anderson stood by havenever happened. hadalready pled guilty to boardofdirectors after at all train platforms. her prosecutors. “Revictimizing avictim crimeswhere evidence had Competitorsagain revealing the identities of “You will see excessive “Weregret very much neverjustifies the end,” she been destroyed, thatthey This is thesecondelec- three juvenile rape victims, force being used on the what thatvictim went said. “There were so many were nowentitledtoanew tion in whichthe twohave whichOgg denied. video,” said Vera Bumpers, throughbecause shedid other options thatcould trial,” Oggsaid. “You can’t gone head-to-headsince Anderson reminded her chief of the Metropolitan have the courage to come have been taken.” cause the problem, then 2014. critics thatOgg hadrun in TransitAuthority Police. forward and testify against Thedebate, moderated takecreditfor fixing it.” Anderson, 50,was a the pastasaRepublican Metro has turned itsin- her rapist,” shesaid. “If by KPRCanchor Kham- Anderson said the lists prosecutorfor adozen and voted in the GOP pri- ternal investigation overto there is anysilverliningto brel Marshall, then moved of cases thatwereaffected years, then afelonycourt mary in 2008. the Harris County District anyofthis, and there is just to the other big issue of constantlychanged, so judgefor four yearsand a “She has no integrity,” Attorney’sOffice, Bumpers one,it’sthatthismonster, the day: whether Ander- there wasnoway to tell defense attorney for five Anderson said. “She will said.Any criminal charges this serial rapist, received son’soffice should have whichcases were in jeop- years beforebeingap- sayordoanythingtoget will be up to it,she said. twolifesentences thanks notified defenseattorneys ardy. pointed to fill the seatafter this job.” Warrenand another offi- to her courageoustesti- with pending cases that “Wedidn’t know whoto her husband diedin2013. Butthere were laughs cer, D. Reynoso,approached mony.” evidence in the property notify,whose cases to dis- Ogg, 56,also began her from the crowdwhenAn- DarrellGiles around Shesaid the outrage room of the Precinct4 miss,” shesaid. “Wedid it legal career as aprosecu- derson said her office was 7:30 a.m. Sept.14. It was overthe incidenthas Constable’s Officedb ha een when we were ready and tor,then became the city’s “transparentand respon- not the officers’ tcfirs ontact spurred newtraining, a destroyedwithoutpermis- when we were sure.” first gang taskforce coor- sive.” with Giles, Bumpers said. focus on the marshaling sion. Anderson also made dinator,then spentseven “Theyhaddealtwithhim of resources for womenin Oggtook the incumbent news Monday night by yearsrunning Crime Stop- [email protected] acouple of times earlier that morning,”shesaid.“Hewas combative and wasnot co- operative onanyoccasions.” Thegun usedinthe dayrainstormthatpounded Thevideo,whichcontains Four children hurt in shooting shootinghadnotbeenfound theneighborhood made the noaudio,shows Warrentell- laterMonday. taskofgatheringevidence ingGilestoget on his feet By Mike Glenn ficials said. late Monday. Thechildren all live in difficult, officials said. duringabriefexchange. The They were taken by am- Harris Countysheriff’s the neighborhood. Sheriff’s Thesearchisexpected to twoexchangewords,and DetectivesinHumble bulance to the Texas Medi- deputies at thescene didn’t officialssaidtherehave been resumeat firstlight,officials Warrenpossiblykickedat are investigatingashooting cal Center for treatment. know iftheshootingwasthe pastshootings inthegeneral said. Giles, whosprang quicklyto that sentfourchildrentothe Theirinjuries were not resultofgangactivity. area but not at the location Theidentities of the his feet,basedonthe video. hospital. expected to be life-threaten- Deputiessaid the two where the children were woundedchildren have not Warrenalready was Theshooting happened ing,Harris County Sheriff’s younger children were “in- wounded. been released. clutching acollapsible ba- shortlyafter 6p.m. Monday officials said. nocentbystanders.” Deputies are tryingto DavidTaylor contributedto ton as he spoketoGiles,and in the 2100 blockofGrand Theshooting mayhave Sheriff’s deputiestook locate shellcasingssothey this report. when Gilesstood, Warren Linden Court. been the result of afightbe- nine people into custodyto candeterminewhatweapon began striking him with the Thewounded children’s tween more than adozen question them about what wasusedinthe shooting. [email protected] baton, inflicting at least10 ages were 6, 11, 15 and 16,of- teenagers,authorities said happened at the scene. ThedarknessandaMon- twitter.com/mrglenn strikes. “There is no reason why anyofficerallowedtheir emotions to getthatfar,” Bumpers said. Attorneyquestions dealswiththree witnesses Reynoso,after afew sec- onds, intercedes and stops Attorney from page A3 by Shipleyinexchangefor their Warrenafter Gilesfell to the testimony: awoman in prison concreteoftherailplatform. across the aisle.“I’mready to whoclaimed McGregorconfessed Bumpers said Reynoso hear,” thejudgesaid. to her husband, and twomen in brought the incidenttosu- “Excellent,” said Schaffer. Houston’sjailwho saidhe’dref- pervisors’attentionand erencedthe killings in athreat to he willreceive additional Woman livedonsamestreet them. training but notfurther dis- It hadbeen alongroadtoreach cipline because he wasnot this point. Thecasedates to April ‘A lot to think about’ involved in the use of force. 17,1990, when awoman named In court, Schaffer detailedhow Organizersofthe Black Kim Wildman waskilled in Mis- each of the three offered what he LivesMatter movementin souriCity. calledflawed testimony. ButMc- Houston pressed Metro to That evening police officersar- Connell, of the Fort BendDistrict release the video of thein- rivedatWildman’s home to find a Attorney’sOffice, said thatifre- cidentand investigate the bloodypillowonthe walkwayand wardswere given, it did notmean matterthoroughly. After the frontdoorajar,court records promisesweremade. Warren’s resignation and show.Wildman wasalive,but had Schafferreturnedtothe podi- Bumpers’ statementsand sufferedmultiple stab wounds. um with his rebuttal. therelease of the video,or- Shetold officers aman shedidn’t He warned the judgeifhe ganizerswere satisfied with knowhad attacked her. Shelater Jon Shapley /Houston Chronicle signed off on McConnell’sinter- Metro’s response,said Kae- died. Attorney RandySchaffer makes his finalgu ar ments duringa pretation of what happened, he lynBibb, aHouston-area McGregor and Wildman lived hearingMondayinthe 434thDistrict Court in Richmond. would give prosecutors “carte organizer. on the same street. He wasnot blanche”tokeep making thesame “She didn’tseem satis- initially the prime suspect in the Barnum. Schaffer said in atelephone in- kindofdealwithwitnesses.The fiedorpleased aboutthis case.But DNAevidence ultimate- Beth Shipley, whosemarried terview lastweek theDNA link judge said he would needtime to situation either,” Bibb said ly connected McGregortothe vic- name is nowBethExley, wasthe was“weak,circumstantialevi- make his decision.“Yo u’ve given of Bumpers. tim. He wasarrested May2,2006. prosecutoratthe time on theHar- dence.”AsSchafferexplained it, me alot to think about,” Shoe- Bibb said the focus of the Soonafter,DNA evidencealso ris County case. Sheteamedup the prosecutors bolstered their makesaid. groupwillshift to seeking connected him to the slaying of with theFortBendCountypros- case with the three witnesses criminal charges. awomaninHarris County, Nina ecutortotry theWildmancase. whoreceivedbenefits arranged [email protected] Theincidentalsowill serve asareminderforother officers, Bumperssaid, but notleadtochanges in cur- renttrainingpractices. Dukesallegedly used statefundsfor nonprofit group “This incident is not a reflection of the menand DukesfrompageA3 Office areinvestigating Colesaid family,”she said. to health reasons, thereis womenwhowork forMetro allegations thatshe im- shewas “se- At thesame time,Ga- no good reasonfor herto Police,” shesaid. Dukes’ surprise decision properly usedstate funds riously con- briel Nila,Dukes’ opponent resign100 days from now, came Monday as the Texas and resources, including sidering” in the November general afterageneral electionand [email protected] Rangers and the Travis having staff do personal running election,called for Dukesto needlessly disadvantage twitter.com/DugBegley County DistrictAttorney’s errands for her and work to replace step down immediatelyand her successor and cause an on anonprofit eventshe co- Dukes. not wait untilJan. 10. expensivespecialelection,” founded. “This Dukes If shewaits untilJanu- Nila said in astatement. Dukes has denied any morning I ary, Gov. Greg Abbott “The constituents of this wrongdoing. have receivedanincred- would have to callaspecial district deservetohavenew Within hours of her an- ible outpouring of support election to replace her. representationimmediate- nouncement, formerAus- and encouragement from “IfRep. Dukes intends ly,not months after the new tin MayorPro TemSheryl community leaders and my to resign in Januarydue biennialsession begins.” xx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | A5 CITY |STATE Jury duty scam Snyder:’Burbs has fooled many not designed with

Jury from page A1 ended up forking over morethan$1,000.She walkers in mind evolved, and callers are didn’trealize she’dbeen sounding more official as scammed until twodays Snyder from page A3 “Facilitiesfor they goad scared residents later. pedestrians andcyclists into forkingovertheir “ThatMondaymorn- are available,withside- areseenasanice hard-earned dollars. ingIwas talking to aco- walksand alandscape pleasantry to have, worker and pieces started thatcan be traversed not as an essential Fake deputies adding up,and Istarted to without amachete. part of an integrated In thecurrentversion of question myself,” shesaid. Buteventhese paths the racket —whichstart- Shewas righttowonder wouldn’t impressexperts transportation edpoppingupabout five —because that’snot really on walkabledesign. The system. It’s either not months ago—ascammer what happensifyou miss sidewalks, forexample, considered at allorit’s calls, posing as asheriff’s jury duty. are so narrowthatchil- an afterthought.” deputy or representative “You will receive afail- dren would have to walk SethLaJeunesse of theNational of Daniel’s office.They’ll ure to appear noticeinthe single-file to allow for Center for Safe Routes to School spout dire warningsabout mail from us,” Daniel said. two-waytraffic. As we all an impending arrestthat “Wenever,ever, ever,ever know, thatisnot achild’s can be avoidedonlyifthe make aphone call. Period.” naturalbehavior.It’seasy victim immediatelybuysa Even so,atleast seven to imagine them bunching frontofhim (I wasshoot- reloadable moneycard and recentvictims have paid up andspillingintothe ing video). reads off the number to file somewherebetween Jon Shapley /HoustonChronicle street. In 2009,the year with with the supposed case. $2,000 and $7,000 to so- Civil attorneyKeithWoods wasamongthose fooled Theroute along Gaston the mostrecentavailable “Toappear legit, they’ll phisticated scammers. by thejurydutyphone scam. He paid $1,000 and was Road,for allits flaws,was data,just13percentofU.S. have youmail the card givenafakecourt date and thetax office’s address. the shortest. And it illus- kids aged 5to14usually as proof of payment,”he Lawyer:‘Ifeltfoolish’ tratedanunderlyingissue walked or biked to school, said. Typicallythey’ll use KeithWoods, aHous- the currentscam. Thejuryduty scamis in Katy and other subur- down from 48 percent in adowntownaddressthat ton civilattorney, realized “A fter we did the federal one version of previous bancommunities around 1969.Among students sounds likeitcould be the something wasamiss af- indictmentsinGeorgia, scams. In some schemes, the country: Millions of wholived within amile of clerk’soffice —but it isn’t. ter he talked to acolleague the FBI pulled out, but the it’s the IRS calling,and in American children inhabit campus, the figures were In some cases, they’ll about afishycall he’d got- scam is still continuing, others it’s thecounty clerk. places designed almostex- 35 percent in 2009 and 89 instruct victims to put ten in early Augustfrom and it’s being operated by “There’s been variations clusively for automobiles. percentin1969, according BLOODMON33Y on the the same fake deputy who the samegroups of peo- overthe years —thisscam “Facilities for pedestri- to LaJeunesse.Subur- envelope as abizarre fake contacted Tonn. ple in the same prisons,” is certainlynot unique to ans and cyclists are seen as ban design isn’t theonly confirmation code. In oth- Woods wasn’t home Nowitzsaid. Houston,” said FBI Special anice pleasantrytohave, reason for this change, but ers, they’ll brazenlyimper- when the scammer rang, When newinmates AgentShauna Dunlap. not as an essentialpart of it’s an important factor,he sonateactual HarrisCoun- but the man left amessage fromother cities get One version thatis an integrated transporta- said. ty deputies on the phone. and Woodsdiligentlyre- booked in, scammers will popping up elsewhere tion system,” said Seth Iwalked to school for “I gotacall from some- turned the call. team up with them to iden- but hasn’t yethit Harris LaJeunesse,the associate much of my childhood,but one saying he wasSgt. “The firsttime Icalled tify wealthyZIP codesto County is an almostidenti- director of the nonprofit concern aboutthisissue is Pugh,sayingIhad two back, the message Igot was hitintheir area, but it’s cal federal jurydutyscam. National Centerfor Safe not just some flightofBaby warrants out for my arrest thatI’d reached the Harris unclear exactlywhatdata- That consurfaced in Ten- Routes to School. “It’s Boomer nostalgia. Walk- for failing to appear for a County Sheriff’s Office,” he base or information source nessee, Alabamaand Colo- eithernot considered at all ing or biking to school has June 20jurydutyand that said. scammers are usingto rado,but whereveritis, it’s or it’s an afterthought.” obviousbenefits in reduc- Ihad to go purchase these “Now Iknowthatwas identify their marks. utterly fake. Theproblem isn’t ing obesity and otherwise cards in ordernot to be just aburner phone.” After afew weeksor “Whether they’resay- just sidewalks, or their keepingkidshealthier; arrested and that he was Woods paid $1,000,and months focused on one ingyou missed your local absence. Theintersections it promotes interactions going to set acourt date the thief doled out afake spot, they’ll shiftfocus and juryduty or federal jury Iencountered varied in with neighborsand helps so Icould go dispute this,” court date and toldhim targetanother city. service,each and every quality;some hadmarked reduce carbon emissions Tonn said. to appear at 1001 Preston, Sincenot everyone re- case is afraud designed to crosswalksand lightstell- because fewercars are on Thefakedeputy—who Suite 100 —the home of the ports it —orevenrealizes trickyou out of your hard- ingpedestrianshow many the road. Tanya’sfather bears the same lastname Harris County TaxOffice. they’ve been hit—it’snot earned money,” Dunlap seconds theyhad remain- toldmehe’dbedelighted asreal sheriff’s office em- “I felt foolish,” he said. clear howmanypeople said. “Wecan’t stress this ing to cross; others hadno if his children could safely ployees —ordered her to Earlier thisyear,amas- have fallen victim. enough,but no lawen- such features. walk to and from school. stay on thephonewhile sive ring of guardsand in- forcement officialwill ever Thewhole area seemed Publicschool districts shedrove to the store to get mates at aGeorgia prison ‘Not unique to Houston’ call youbyphone and de- to have been created on the should providetranspor- aREloaditcard. waschargedwithrunning Usuallythese crimi- mand money.Don’t ever assumption thateveryone tationfor childrenwho “Hesaid Ihad to give ajuryduty phone scam nals targetthe elderly, providepayment or per- would drive everywhere, need it.But rethinking the him the numbersonthe thattargetedsome victims but Nowitz said younger sonal info overthe phone always.Iencountered just waywebuild our neigh- back of thecards so he in Harris County.And ac- people have been in the to an unsolicited caller. three or four fellowpedes- borhoods might be abetter could attach them to the cording to HarrisCounty crosshairs of the juryduty When in doubt, checkit trians—highschool-age long-term strategy. citation number,” shesaid. Sheriff’s Officeve in stiga- scheme. out.” kids whocastawaryeye So Tonn followedthe tor JoshuaNowitz, Georgia “Itmakes me angrythat at theold dude stumbling [email protected] man’s instructionsand prisoners maybebehind we can’t stop it,” he said. [email protected] along with aphone held in twitter.com/chronsnyder A6 | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com andchron.com xx

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HoustonChronicle file HoustonChroniclefile HoustonChroniclefile Rev. William Lawson, center, withDorcas Lawson sawWheeler Avenue BaptistChurch build anew facility Lawson withhis family, from backleft,Melanie, O’Neal and and John L. Gibson in 1965. in 1984 as thecongregation continued to grow. Audrey and Cheryl. In front, Eric and Roxanne. Houstonabetterplace because Lawson answered God’scall

Ministerquietlyhelpedcitynavigate dreamed of for you.” Lawson knew next to noth- throughthe back door,and ride They did it anyway,and as ing about Texas or Houston. But up afreightelevator.Amedia an end to segregation, fueling itsgrowth anticipated, gotarrested. Lawson the sight of those buildingsright blackouthelped the mega city in andhis wife then raised money to across thestreet from ahousing the making followaquieter path By FauzeyaRahman bail the TSUstudents out of jail, project told him this mightbethe todesegregation. THEREV. marking their ownbeginningsin place for him after all. “The issue wasnot moral, it Even at ayoung age, it was the nascentmovement. “When Ilookedatit, and saw wasn’t ethical,” Lawson said. WILLIAMA. clear. William “Bill”Lawson is Since then, Lawson has been these fewblack students, young “The issue wasnot whetheror one whoneeds persuading.Take witness to some of Houston’s highschool graduates,who now notitwas right to segregate.The LAWSON when ateenage Lawson, dead-set definingmoments, often playing a hadauniversity to attend, and so it issue was, what is going to be the Founding pastor of on becoming acartoonist,had his starring role. hadagreatdeal of hope for them,” economic potential of Houston at WheelerAvenue Superman daydreams interrupted He wasinfluential in the city’s he said. “Itwas almostlaughable this time,inits history, if it doesn’t BaptistChurch, now with an image of him standing in path to desegregation, founded the forother people.” do something likethis?” retired. apulpit. Third Ward institution known as TheLawsons’ early Hous- At the same time,Wheeler Howcould he be apreacher, Wheeler Avenue BaptistChurch ton years coincided with major Avenue BaptistChurchwas •Bachelor’s degree he wondered.Heoften stuttered and has been avoice for groups in changewithin town and far comingintobeing.While the in sociology at Tennessee A&I when he spoke. Andsure,he need of an advocate in this city for beyond city limits. Theday they churchcelebrated its54th StateUniversityin belongedtoachurch in his home- the past60years. He’s marched, movedtoHoustonhappened to anniversarythis year,inits early Nashvillein1950. town of St.Louis, but no oneinhis givenspeeches and arranged be the same dayEmmettTill was days Lawson wasn’t so sure it Bachelor’s degree family wasaman of the cloth. meetings, making his markonthis lynched in Mississippi. Months would last. in divinityand a Butafter seeing the same thing, city’shistory. later,the bus boycott in Alabama “By nowyou’velearned, that master’s in theology dayafter day, Lawson wasdone In his canaryyellowliving gave legstoanalready growing Itend to resistwheneverthese from Central BaptistTheological fighting. room bathedinlatemorning light, movement. opportunities come,” he acknowl- Seminary in Kansas He finallytold God, “A ll right, the vibrant88-year-oldsat sur- Houston itself wasonthe verge edged. When 13 people standing City. this isn’twhatIwanted to do,but rounded by mementos of his past. of becoming a“mega city,”as Law- inthe living room of the Baptist I’mwilling to do it.” Alongsidefamilyphotos with his sondescribed,inatime of growing Students Center wanted to starta •MarriedtoAudrey H. “I wishIcould saytopeople latewife,Audrey,and theirfour unrestinthe nation. That is,if church, Lawson thought for sure it Lawson of St.Louis, thatthe Angel Gabriel came into children,somewithicons such as influential parties could getonthe wouldn’t sustainthe currentstate with four children. the room and said to me,‘Bill, Martin Luther King Jr.could stop same page. Thecitywas consid- of civil unrest. “This is 1962,when •Moved to Houston you’re goingtobeapreacher,’” visitors in their tracks.The former ered for everything from Major all this other stuff is happening.” to serveasdirectorof Lawson said. “Thatjustdidn’t cartoonist’sartworkenhances League Baseballtobeing thehome Butnot onlydid thecivil rights the BaptistStudent happen.” those yellowwalls. of the nation’s spacecenter. movementprovide the historical Union and professor Then there wasthe time in Sitting up straight on the couch With growing interestinHous- contextfor the church, it gave this of BibleatTexas 1960 when hisstudents at Texas inhis navy suit and tie,hewove ton’s economic potential, Lawson A-frame building in the Third Southern University. SouthernUniversity askedhim to together stories of his life and and others decided thatwhatwas Ward asocialconscience from •Wheeler Avenue help arrangesit-ins in Houston, Houston thatstill ring true today. needed to discuss ending segrega- the start. When Martin Luther BaptistChurch as students in North Carolina had Lawson came to the city in 1955 tion in the city.Otherwise,Hous- King,Jr. came to Houston, it was wasstarted in the done. as aBaptist chaplain and profes- ton riskeddeveloping the same frombehind the wooden pulpitat Lawsons’ home “I said to them,are youserious? sor at TSU. At the time,TSU was “ugly stain” as Birmingham. Wheeler where he spoke. inJune1962. Yo ur parents, grandparents little morethan acollection of Butcould it be done without the Lawson’s wife,Audrey,shaped Congregationhas growntomorethan worked their tails off to getyou buildingsstrewn together,the firehouses and police dogs? the churchfrom the beginning. 5,000 members. into school, and that’sthe last state’sanswertoalawsuit filed Theonlyway this could happen Notonlywould the churchhave thing youought to want to be by ablack mandeniedadmission would be to do thingsquietly, as a to focus on social issues, it hadto •In1996,the involved in,” he recalled. “You to lawschool at theUniversity groupofwhite business owners, be more than astandard church. William A. Lawson don’twanttoget achance to be of Texas. “Itdidn’t even have a black leaders and other influential Thesocial worker told Lawson the Institutefor Peace arrested, and have ajail record. library,”hesaid. “So youcan’t parties hammered out in talks churchcan’t be in agrowing black and Prosperitywas founded. What youwanttodoistofinish imagineastateuniversitywithout at theRice Hotel downtown. A neighborhood, with “students college,whichiswhatthey alibrary.” hotel where Lawson hadtoenter whodon’t have enoughmoney to •Lawsonisthe go to school,” with families facing author of abookof struggles, and the church be meditations called limited to onlySundayservices. “Lawson’sLeavesof One example: the Wheeler Love.” Avenue BoyScouttroop, which celebrated its50thanniversary in2015. Shewas “verymuchcon- cerned aboutwhatwas happening to young black males,” Lawson said, and wanted to build some- thingout of the church. WhileLawson stillthinksthere are manygroups without avoice today,heisconfident Houstonians are stillcapable to come together to solvethis city’smostpressing issues. He sees Houstonians as defined notjustasDemocrats or Repub- licans, or by theirethnicity,but rather justashuman beings. Humanbeingswho all have an ›› To buythe interestin“seeing the bestfor 115series ourselves, and our families.” book, go to “I don’texpect to be here much Houston longer,but Idoexpectwe’ll be History able to leave some kind of legacy, Book.com because we’vedonesome talking with people,” he said. “A nd some of thatthey’ve For the Chronicle heard.” Rev. Bill Lawson at Wheeler Avenue BaptistChurch in 2012. Lawson says he will leave alegacy because he wasable to talk in away that waspersuasive. [email protected]

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Shooter from page A1 what causedDeSai, de- scribed as alawyerstrug- glingtokeephis smalllaw practice alive,todowhat he did. “Atthis point, we are very open-minded in terms of motive,” Montalvo said, addingthatthe depart- mentwas working with the FBI to find answers.

Handgunusedinattack Police said DeSai used a .45-caliber handgun dur- ing theassault andthey laterfound 2,600 rounds of ammunition and aThomp- sonsubmachine gun in his car,ablack convert- ible Porsche parkednear where he waskilled. DeSai livedinacondo- minium complex near the scene of the shootingat Michael Ciaglo /HoustonChronicle Weslayan andLaw streets. Officialsve in stigate thescene wheretheysay alocal lawyer,NathanDesai, shot and injured nine people Monday before he waskilledbypolice. Asearchofhis home turned up additional West University Placepo- sure in view of what’s hap- They stoodbyhis Mus- weapons and several piec- lice departments respond- pening across the country tang.Two bulletshad come es of militaryregalia and ed and exchanged gunfire and what’s been happen- throughthe windshield. other items going back to with DeSai. ing recently thatthiswas One landed near the driv- the Civil War. The.45-cali- “Multiple officers en- not some actofterrorism,” er’s headrest. ber handgun wasbought gagedwiththe suspect, Turner said, “but one cer- Molleda saidshe had in 2011. TheThompson whowas shootingran- tainlycan see when one seen DeSai before,but said submachine gun waspur- domlyatpassersby and has an incidentofthis kind thathekept to himself. chased in 2009. anyone he could put his it certainlycreates terror “He’sverysecluded, Officials would not say sightson,” Readysaid. on so manylevels.” we’veseen him takeout the specificallywhattype of Officials did not sayhow He said authorities trashafew times,”Molleda uniform he waswearing. manytimesDeSai, who were interviewing DeSai’s said. “You normallysay hi Photographs of his body died at the scene,was hit. friends, family and associ- to neighbors, but when show DeSaiapparently At least75spent shell ates. neighbors don’tsay hi wearingmilitary-style casingswere collected Thenight before he died, back, youtend to mind spats strappedoverhis from the scene,and abullet DeSai went by his parents’ your ownbusiness.” boots. He waslying face slugwas pulled from the Houston home.Hewas in Mark Mulligan /HoustonChronicle Still, Molledasaid she up.His darkshirt wasover couchonthe second floor ahurryand took his din- Police investigate thesuspect’scar in Monday wouldhavenever expect- his face. of anearby home. nertogo, recalled his fa- morning’sshootingalongLaw Street at Weslayan. ed him to go on ashooting Policesaid Nazi em- Houston Police cor- ther Prakash, aretired ge- spree. blems were found in his donedoffthe area and lat- ologist. He said his son had standing,and there was completelynormal guyin “He’sanattorney for clothing. er searchedDeSai’s condo been upset for months over no history of disciplin- the summerof2015.” God’ssake, driving a “Wedid findsomeold and car as well as used a troubles at his work,chief- arytrouble or complaints Cliff Saunders, aKTRH Porsche,” Molleda said. Nazi emblemsaboutsome robot to checkhis body for ly trying to attract clients. pending againsthim. Radio reporter wholived “He’saprominentindivid- of his personal effects, and explosives. “Weare notgetting any He specialized in crimi- near DeSai said he avoided ual; youdon’t expect this Iunderstand there were business,” he recalled his nal, business and family him. from someone likethat.” some in where he lived,” Victimssenttohospital son saying.“Whowouldn’t law, according to the bar “I knewenoughtostay Carolyn Allen, 76,was said Houston Police Capt. Late Monday, in astate- be worried?” association. away,” he said of the man driving on Lawwhen a Dwayne Ready. “Towhat ment, MemorialHermann DeSai parted ways last Hisformer lawoffice, whoseemed to have anger bulletcame throughthe extentthatplayed…Idon’t RedDukeTrauma Insti- year with his lawpartner, off the Katy Freeway, was issues and wouldregularly windshield of her Lincoln know, because there was tute andMemorialHer- Kenneth McDaniel. empty Mondayasidefrom barrel throughthe condo- Navigator. also other,whatIwould mann Southwest Hospital “I’mreading stuff online afew trashcans. minium parking lot. Thoughcut on her refer to as historic or vin- said they hadreceivedfive talking abouthow he was Lettering on the glass Butfar more troubling stomach, legsand face,the tage militarystuff in the patients from the shooting. possiblyafired employee door read, “McDaniel and wasaphone call he got retired schoolteacher kept apartment, going back to Three were discharged, that wasdisgruntled,” said DeSai LLP.” from his wife this summer driving until shethought the Civil War.” tworemained hospital- McDaniel, acivil attorney. Friendswood lawyer about him. shewas safe,she said, re- Callsabout apossible ized, both in good condi- “That’sthe farthestthing Troy TedTindal met De- “Mywife called me and calling,“I’mnot sitting shooterstarted coming in tion. Asixth victim wasin from the truth. Saibrieflyinthe summer said, ‘Don’t go home; there here likeasitting duck.” to police about 6:30 a.m., serious condition at Ben “Our partnership dis- of 2015 when he took over is aguy walking around As DeSai’s father about the timeEduardo Taub Hospital. solvedinFebruaryofthis afederal employmentcase with an AR-15,’ ”hesaid. learned on the news early Andrade washeading to Among the wounded year —itwas simplya from him. He askedher whoitwas Mondaythatthere wasa an LA Fitness gyminhis wasthe adult son of local matter of economics. We DeSaihad contacted and shesaid, “the guywith shooting near Law, he was Audi A3. lawyer R.P.Cornelius. He couldn’t afford to operate him to see if he wasin- the black Porsche.” immediatelyconcerned for “A sIwas driving by Law wastreated and released as apartnershipanymore.” terested and said he had DeSai wasapparently hisson’s safety,but hadno Street, Isuddenlyheard a and wasresting at home McDanielsaid he had filed thefederal lawsuit, angryatsome roofers or idea he would turn out to big explosion,” Andrade Mondaynight. worked with DeSaifor but wanted to pass it off to construction workers who be the predator. said. “I coveredmyself,ac- “Myson is fine,thank about 12 years. someone whoknewabout hadawakened him.Itis He hadimmediately celerated and tried to get you,”Cornelius said. “We governmental immunity. unclear if police respond- called his cellphone and out of there.Idid not know are moving forward and do ‘Nothingodd abouthim’ Tindal saidhespoke ed. left amessage:“There is a if someone wasfollowing not wishany interviews.” He declined to discuss with him on the phone a Houston Police said of- shooting in your area. Iam me or trying to shoot me.” Police confirmed thatall DeSai’s personal life,say- fewtimesand met with ficershad neverpreviously worried.” Twobullets struck his those whowere shot dur- inghedidn’tknowhim him when he handed over encountered DeSai. car,withalarge piece of ingthe spree were adults. outsidethe office. the files for the case. LindsayEllis,BrianRogers one lodgedbetween his Thenamesofthe vic- DeSai held abachelor’s “Hewas justexactlylike Harrowingordeal andGabrielle Bankscontrib- dashboard and wind- tims were not released. in psychologyfromthe anybodyelse,” Tindal said. At the scene of the shoot- utedtothis report. shield. MayorSylvester Turner, UniversityofHouston “There wasnothing odd ingMonday, Alan Wakim, “Itissorandom,”he whowas on atrade mis- and alaw degree from the about him, nothing aggres- wholived nearDeSai, was [email protected] said. “IfIweregoing alittle sion to Cuba,said he had University of Tulsa, from sive,nothing thatwould wiping dots of blood from twitter.com/daneschiller faster or alittleslower, the been advised of the situa- where he graduated in giveyou the idea thathe his face as he embraced his [email protected] bulletwould have hada tion by Montalvo and other 1998, according to the Tex- hadany sort of inclina- wife,Jennifer Molleda, in twitter.com/stjbs differenttrajectory.” officials. as StateBar Association. tion for amassshooting theparking lotofastrip [email protected] Houston,Bellaire and “Wewantedtomake DeSai wasingood incident. He seemed likea shopping mall. twitter.com/shelbywebb Neighbors hideinterror afterspotting gunman outside

NeighborsfrompageA1 than theone thatawoke Edu- ardoGarza hours earlier.Heand UnbeknownsttoWilliams at his brother live onefloor below the time,amandressed in some the alleged shooterinthe Oaksat type of militaryuniform, later West University Condominiums. identified as NathanDeSai, a Thesound of gunshots woke Houston lawyer wholived near- themboth. Garzalookedthrough by,was for some reason firing his window blinds. He froze. randomly at passing vehicles. “I sawaperson in darkcloth- In the next 50 or so minutes, he ingbetween the sidewalk andthe wouldwoundninepeople before street holdingagun. He popped being shot and killed by police. off acouple rounds,” Garzasaid. Fornow,Williamswas trying to stop people fromgetting hurt. ‘It’sAmerica right now’ Theshots were getting closer.He Instinct tookover. Thetwo could hear bullets whizzing past menhid in the back of the house. his head. They avoidedwindows, fearing “Atthatpoint,wegot back be- thegunman would targetthem hind thetelephone pole and the through theglass.They called 911 fencethere,” Williams said. once.They called againminutes later.And again. ‘Mom there’sgunshots’ Garzasaid the fiveminutes Williams livesnear Law it took for authorities to arrive street, apopular cut-throughfor were the longestofhis life. commuters trying to turn onto Hassen, whoknewthree peo- Weslayan Street andavoid the ple injuredinthe shootings, said congested intersection at Bis- Mark Mulligan /Houston Chronicle it waslikeascene from amovie. sonnet. Police investigate thescene of ashootingalongWesleyanatLaw Street that left multiple people “You hear it all the time,and Dan Hassen and his twosons injured and theallegedshooter dead Monday morning. it’s just right here,” Hassen said, were doingjustthat. Theboys shaking her head. “It’sAmerica were late for an early-morning licopters.” And another:“Watch lined streets than for violence or ous onlookers gathered behind right now; it’s disappointing.” cross-countryrun. Williams thenews.” Then “OKwemade it crime of anykind. police tape thatblockedoffan Shealready knewwhatshe turned them around. to the gas station.”And “But we Leslie Hassen loadedher gun. entire blockofLaw Street. would do when herkidsgot At 6:49a.m., Leslie Hassen, know someone gotshot.” And, fi- Shecrouchedatthe top of her Some held their hands over home from school. the boys’mother whowas at nally: “There’s tons of policecars stairs, horrified by the messages. their mouths, shockedthatsuch “We’reprobablygoing to get home ablock away from the and an ambulance.” “It’snot somethingyou should violencecould occurontheir on our knees and thank God, just shooting scene,got atext from This, to saythe least, wasnot ever getfromyour son,” shesaid, doorsteps. Others, likeHassen, thankHim for keeping ...” one of her sons. normal in aleafy,upscale neigh- her voice wavering. walked their dogs and stopped to Shedidn’t finishthe sentence. “Mom there’sgunshots,” it borhood betterknown forits As thesun rose and the morn- chat and hugacquaintances. said. Then another:“Policehe- charming bungalows and tree- ing wore on,neighbors and curi- It wasamuchcalmer scene Shelby.We [email protected] xxx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September27, 2016 | A9 NATION WORLD Historicpeace deal between government, Mall suspect rebels signals end to conflictinColombia confesses to Ceremonyisstart of reconciliation forweary nation shooting five

By JoshuaGoodman By Martha Bellisle rude andobnoxious” that and Andrea Rodriguez ASSOCIATED PRESS shekeptaTaser by her ASSOCIATED PRESS frontdoor.Healso hada Theman accused of kill- string of run-ins with the CARTAGENA, Colom- ing fivepeople at aMacy’s lawinrecentyears, includ- bia —Morethan 220,000 store in aWashington state ing chargesheassaulted deaths, 8million home- shopping mall before lead- his stepfather. less and countless human ing authorities on anearly Cetin immigrated to the rights violations: These 24-hour manhuntwas U.S. from Turkeyand is a are the tragic toll of South chargedMondaywithfive legalpermanentresident, America’soldestarmed counts of first-degree mur- officials conflict, whichbegins to der. said. wind down with thesign- Arcan Cetin, 20,made a TheSe- ing Mondayofahistoric brief appearance in Skagit attle Times agreementbetween Co- County District Court, and reported lombia’sgovernmentand his bail wasset at $2 mil- thatcourt the country’slargest rebel lion. records movementtoend ahalf- Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images Court documents re- show Cetin centuryofhostilities. Aman flashes thepeace sign as he gatherswithothersatBogota’s Bolivar leased before the hearing Cetin faced three Underlining the signifi- main squareonMondaytocelebrate thehistoric peace agreementbetween the said Cetin confessed to the chargesof cance of the deal,Presi- Colombian governmentand theRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. slayingsafterhis arrest, assaultinghis stepfather. dent Juan Manuel Santos telling detectiveswho in- Thenewspaper said Ce- and the top commander of Earlier Monday, Santos Thesigning won’tclose by carrying out develop- terviewedhim that“he did tin also wasarrested on the RevolutionaryArmed and the foreign dignitaries thedeal, however. Colom- mentworkinareas hard bring the rifle into Macy’s drunken-driving charges. ForcesofColombia,or attended aMasscelebrated bians will be giventhe final hitbythe conflict. and shot all 5victims.” It gave no details on when FARC,arebel fighter by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sayonendorsing or reject- That has angered some Cetinwas arrested Sat- the arrests tookplace or known by thealias Timo- the Vatican’s secretary of ing the accord in an Oct. 2 victims and conservative urday, aday after agun- howthe cases mayhave chenko, were to sign the state, at abaroque church referendum. opponents of Santos, afew man opened fire in the de- been resolved. accord in the colonial city named for St.Peter Claver, Opinion polls pointto hundred of whom took to partmentstore’s cosmetics In theassault case,Cetin of Cartagena. a17th-centuryJesuitpriest an almost-certain victory the streets Mondaytopro- departmentFriday night, wastold by ajudgelastDe- Fifteen Latin American revered as the“slaveof for the “yes” vote,but some test what they consider the killing aman, ateenagegirl cember thathewas not to presidents as well as U.N. slaves” for his role aid- analysts warn thataclos- government’sexcessive and three women. possess agun, the newspa- Secretary-General Ban ing thousands of African er-than-expected finishor leniency toward guerrilla Hisstepfather said af- per reported. However, the Ki-moon and Secretary of slaves brought to the New lowvoter turnout could leaders responsible for ter Monday’s court ap- stepfather urged the judge StateJohn Kerrywere on Worldaschattel. bode poorlyfor the tough scores of atrocities. pearance that Cetin had not to impose ano-contact hand. Across the countryCo- task the country faces in To shouts of “Santos is a unspecified mental health order,sayinghis stepson lombians markedthe oc- implementing the ambi- coward!” former President problems. was“going throughahard Symbols of peace casion with ahostofactivi- tious accord. Alvaro Uribe, thearchitect “The onlything thatwe time.” In aceremonycharged ties, frompeace concerts of the decade-long,U.S.- want to sayatthis time is Police saidthatthey with symbolism befitting by top-name artists to a Warcrimes an issue backed militaryoffensive thatweboth are totally interviewedthe suspect’s a historic moment that street party in the capital, Among the biggest chal- thatforcedthe FARC to the devastated by what hap- former girlfriend, who generations of Colombians Bogota, where the signing lenges will be judging the negotiating table,said the pened,” said David Mar- hadworkedatadifferent thought they would never ceremonywas to be broad- warcrimes of guerrillas as peace deal puts Colombia shall, whoattended the Macy’s. No other details see,the more than 2,500 castliveonagiantscreen. well as stateactors. Under on the path to becoming a hearing with Cetin’s moth- were released, including guests were askedtowear It wasalsocelebrated terms of the accord, rebels leftist dictatorshipinthe er. her name. whiteasasign of peace by hundreds of guerrillas wholay down their weap- mold of Cuba or Venezuela Cetin’s lawyer,Keith Social media accounts and Santos wastosignthe gathered in a remote re- ons and confess their abus- —two countries thatalong Tyne,did not speak with apparentlybelongingto 297-page accord with apen gion of southern Colombia es will be spared jail time with Norway played a vital reporters. Cetin showed he had a made from a recycled shell where their leaders signed and be allowedtoprovide role sponsoring the four- Cetin wasdescribed by fondness for the military used in combat. the accord last week. reparations to their victims year-long talks. one neighbor as so “creepy, and video games. A10 | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | HoustonChronicle | HoustonChronicle.com andchron.com xx NATION |WORLD IN BRIEF Trumpsteered cashowedhim to foundation

Approximately moneygiven to the Trump Foundationsince2008, $2.3 millionsent alsoprovide evidenceof as tax-exempt the TrumpFoundation’s ties to Trump’sempire. By DavidA.Fahrenthold Did Trumppay income WA SHINGTONPOST taxinthe cases where he directed his ownfees to the Donald Trump’schari- TrumpFoundation? The tablefoundation hasre- firsttimethe Washington ceivedapproximately Post asked, Trump’scam- $2.3 millionfrom compa- paign deniedthatany of nies thatowedmoney to the transactions hadtaken Charlie Niebergall /AssociatedPress Trumporone of his busi- place. 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ASSOCIATEDPRESS aerial campaign thatU.N. the Syriangovernment envoy Staffan de Mistura abided by the cease-fire BEIRUT —Syria’s for- called one of the worstof but the rebels did not in ex- eign minister saidMon- the 5½-year war. TheU.N. plainingwhy theoffensive daythataninternationally Security Council convened wasresumed. brokered cease-fire is vi- an emergency meeting but ButAl-Moallem said able,asrescue workersin failed to takeany action ongoing communications Aleppo sifted throughthe becauseofrancor between between U.S. Secretaryof rubble from theheaviest Russia and the West. StateJohn Kerryand Rus- airstrikes on rebel-held ar- “WhatRussia is spon- sian Foreign Minister Ser- eas of the northern city in soring and doing is not geyLavrovmeantatruce fiveyears. counterterrorism, it’s bar- agreement brokered two ForeignMinister Walid barism,” said U.S. Ambas- weeksago is “not dead.” al-Moallem,speakingto sadorSamantha Power. Kerrysaid the Syrian Mayadeen TV from New “It’sapocalyptic what and Russian governments Yo rk,alsosaid the govern- is being done in eastern “seem intentontaking mentisprepared to take Aleppo.” Aleppoand destroying it part in aunity government TheBritain-based Syri- in theprocess.” incorporating elements an Observatory for Human “Whilethey’re pound- from the opposition, an of- Rightssaid airstrikes on ingAleppo, dropping in- fer thathas beenrejected in Aleppo on Mondaykilled discriminate bombs, kill- the past. 12 people,including three ingwomen andchildren, Opposition activists say children. talk of aunity government more than 200 civilians PresidentBashar is prettycomplicated,” have been killed in the past Assad’smediaadviser, Kerrysaid during avisitto week under asustained Bouthaina Shaaban,said Colombia. xxx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | A11 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

DONALD TRUMP HILLARY LESTER HOLT Primed forTV, CLINTON Admittedtobeing although his On the offensive nervous. “That edgy side that and appeared thud youheard percolatedduring at ease with backstagewas the the GOPprimaries showing her soundofmyknees wasoften absent. policydepth. buckling ...”

FACTCHECK ANALYSIS Clintonerrors, Fivetakeaways from Trumphyperbole Monday’sdebate ASSOCIATEDPRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS createdbyand forthe Chinese in order to make TRUMP’STEMPERAMENT: If Clinton aimedto WA SHINGTON — U.S. manufacturingnon- getunder Trump’s skin in the first 30 minutes of Donald Trump’shabit of competitive.”Helater the debate, the Democratic nomineeappeared to peddlinghypeand fabri- claimedhewas kidding, 1. succeed.Clinton often put Trump on the defensive, cation emergedunabated but he’s alsorepeatedthe saying he had“rooted for” thecollapse of thehous- in thefirstpresidential de- claim thatclimate change ing industry and hadconsidered climate change to be ahoax. In another exchange, Clinton said,“I bate,whileHillaryClinton is ahoax, and one that have afeeling thatbythe endofthis evening I’ll be playeditcautiously in her benefitsChina. Al Drago/NewYork Times blamedfor everything thateverhappened.” statements,thoughnot AAA Kyle Boss reacts to astatement madebyDonald without error. They both TRUMP: “I’ve been Trumpduringadebate watchparty at theAbbey CLINTON’SZINGERS: Often delivered with a denied making statements under auditfor almost15 bar and restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif. smile, Clinton came prepared with pithy linesthat thatthey are on the record years.” undercutTrump’s case on theeconomy.Inan as saying. THE FACTS: Donald wouldleave students still years of recenttax returns. 2. earlyexchange, Clinton said Trump wouldpush for“trickle-down”tax cuts thatwouldonlybenefit Alook at some of the Trumphas neverpro- bearing the costofroom AAA the wealthy, calling it, “trumped-up trickle-down.” claimsinthe debate and videdany evidence to the and board,whichmakes TRUMP: Trumpsaid When Trump gotinadig at Clinton’s absencefrom howthey comparewith public that he is actually up more than half of the thata1970s racialdis- the campaign trail, she said therewas nothing the facts: underaudit. Aletterre- average $18,943 sticker crimination case against wrong with spending time preparing forthe debate. CLINTON: Denying leasedbyhis tax attorneys priceatafour-year public his real estate business “You knowwhatelseIdid?” she asked. “I prepared Trump’saccusation that neverused the word, university,according to wassettled “without any to be president.” shecalled the Trans- merely describing histax the CollegeBoard. admission of guilt” and Pacific Partnershiptrade returns under continuous Experts worryabout thatthe case wasbrought TRUMP’STAXES: Clinton savaged Trump,saying he’s gotsomething to hide by not releasing his tax deal the “gold standard”of review. “Review” is not a othereffects:Will col- against “manyrealestate returns. Shesaid Trump maynot be “asrichashe trade agreements: “I did formalterm forany action legesraise tuition once firms.” 3. says he is”or“maybe he’s not as charitable” as sayIhoped it would be a by the IRS. the governmentstarts THE FACTS: The he says he is. Clinton warned thatperhapsTrump good deal.” Trumphas declinedto paying,increasing the cost first claim is technically hadn’t paid anyfederal income taxatall, noting THE FACTS: Trump providethe IRS’formal to taxpayers?Will more correct; the second flatly thatsome of Trump’s income tax returns in the is correct.Assecretary of notice of audittoThe students flock to public false. 1970sshowedhehad paid no federal income taxes in certain years. Trump disclosedthe returns to state, shecalledthe deal AssociatedPress and colleges because of the Trumpand his father NewJerseycasino regulators. thatwas taking shapethe other news outlets.And subsidy, alsoraising costs? fiercelyfoughta1973 “gold standard” of trade formerIRS officialsve ha AAA discriminationlawsuit CLINTON’SEMAILS: Clinton took responsibility agreements, in a2012 trip expressedskepticism that TRUMP: “You don’t brought by the JusticeDe- forusing aprivate email server and gaveTrump to Australia, andcham- anyone would be audited learn alot from taxre- partmentfor their alleged nowheretogo. Despiteher past statementsin pioned the agreementin sofrequently. turns.” refusal to rent apartments 4. which she changed her story from previous itera- othervenuesaround the AAA THE FACTS: Trump in predominantly white tions or left wiggleroom by notbeing completely world. Shedid not merely CLINTON: As part of wasexplaining whyhe buildingstoblack tenants. accurate, on Mondayshe avoidedgettingwrapped up in alengthyexchange. When Trump said he express the hope it would alistofeconomy-building won’treleasehis tax Asettlementthatended wouldrelease histax returns if Clinton put out what turn out well. moves, called for “making returns. thelawsuit did not require he called her“33,000 deleted”emails, Clinton said, Clinton flip-flopped college debt free so more And yes, onecan learn theTrumpstoexplicitly “I made amistake using aprivateemail”server. into opposing thetrade young people can gettheir quiteabit.Tax returns acknowledgethatdis- Trump interjected,“That’s forsure,”prompting Clin- deal in the Democratic education.” mightnot answerevery crimination hadoccurred tontorespond,“Itakeresponsibilityfor that.” primary when facing THE FACTS: Clinton questionabout Trump’sfi- —but the government’s Bernie Sanders, whowas hasproposed making nances, but they’dprovide description of thesettle- RACIAL POLITICS: Trump hassaidblack voters have “nothing to lose”bysupporting his candidacy strongly opposed to it. college tuition free for in- vital informationabout mentsaid Trumpand but he wasforcedtoanswerfor his role in claiming AAA statestudents whogotoa hiswealth, taxes paid, tax his father had“failed and 5. Obamawas born outside the United States.Clin- TRUMP: When Clin- public collegeoruniversi- avoidanceefforts, exact neglected” to comply with tonaccused Trump of spreading a“racistlie”that tonaccused him of calling ty.But tuition free doesn’t amounts of real estate theFair HousingAct. our “first blackpresident” wasnot an American climate changeahoax equate to debt free. holdings and charitable Trumpisalso wrong citizen, adding, “He hasalong record of engaging invented by the Chinese: Underher plan, the donations that can’t be to saythatthe suit was in racist behavior.” Trump respondedbyrecalling the bitterdebates betweenClinton and Obama “I didnot saythat.” government would payfor gleaned from anyother brought againstmany during the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, THEFACTS: Ye s in-state tuition at public source.For these reasons, real estate developers —it saying Clinton treatedObama then with “terrible he did, in the form of a collegesfor students from everymajor partycandi- wasspecific to buildings disrespect.” Later, when Clinton said Trump’s view 2012tweet:“Theconcept families earning less than date forthe last40years rented by him and his of blackcommunitieswas toogrim, Trump sighed, of global warming was $125,000ayear.That has released at leastafew father. rolled his eyes andsaid,“Ugh.”

RACE THE ECONOMY SECURITY IMMIGRATION Birther issue Creating jobs Goals similar Little insight resurfaces vs.slowing but methods into big issue amid sparring firms’ exodus are divergent in Round1

By Mike Tolson By Lydia Depillis By Dylan Baddour By Lomi Kriel

Race relations and racial healing oc- HillaryClinton and Donald Trump Issues of cyber security,the Islamic Thetwo presidential candidatesof- cupied aportion of thedebate. Hillary have been pummeling each other for Stateand funding of theNorth Atlantic fered surprisingly little insight into their Clinton called for revision to the crimi- months on the campaign trail overthe Treaty Alliance took up mostofthe na- views on immigrationduring their first naljustice system, whichshe said has economy,and parts of the firstpresi- tional security conversation at Monday debate Mondaynight,evenasRepubli- been tooharsh on minorities, and for dential debate soundedlikeamontage night’s presidential debate. can nominee DonaldTrump has built his an examinationofimplicit biaswhich of their stumpspeeches andpolicy plat- Donald Trumpsaid the U.S. should campaignaround theissue. sheclaimsinfects everyone. forms. decrease the share it pays for the NATO Thetelevised debate at Hofstra Uni- “Unfortunately, race still determines Butthe slugfest alsocrystallized their budget, saying “wecannot be thepolice- versity in NewYorkcomesasnew polls too much,” Clinton said. “Wehaveto widedifferences. manofthe world.” show the twocandidatesare essentially restore trustbetween communities and Thefundamental divergencebetween Clinton argued for maintaining tied andasaTexas Lyceumsurveythis police.” Clinton and Trumponthis issue —to American investment in the alliance. monthfound immigration and border Shealsoassailed Donald Trumpfor whichmoderatorLester Holt devoted “Itisessential thatAmerica’sword be security are the top issues on voters’ hisyears-longpursuitofthe so-called his first segment, called “achieving pros- good,” shesaid. minds.Nationally,aRasmussen Reports birther issue questioning President perity”—iswheretheybelieve economic Bothidentifiedcyber securityasan poll lastmonth found 51 percentofvot- Obama’s birth certificate andcitizen- growth will come from. emerging priority,but offered fewspe- ersthink gaining controlofthe borderis ship,and forabusiness historyand Trumpdescribes aworld in which cifics on combating the threatposedby more important thanlegalizingthe sta- campaigntone thathas appealed to ra- companiesare fleeing America, sending hackers,bothindependentand state tus of 11 million immigrants here illegally, cial extremists. manufacturingjobstoMexicoand Chi- sponsored. down 8pointsfrom six months ago. “Hestarted his campaignactivity na, on account of badlynegotiated trade Clintonraised alarmatarecentseries Immigrationhas been adefining fea- with aracistlie andhecontinuedto deals and countries thatare manipulat- of high-profile hacks,largely blamed on ture of the election, propellingTrump push it,” Clinton said. “Hehas along ing their currencies. the Russian government, whichClinton to the top of acrowded Republicanfield historyofengaging in racist behavior. When askedbyHolt howhewould said shethoughtwas “probing” to test as he promisedtodeport allimmigrants In 1973,hewas sued by theJusticeDe- bringjobsbacktoAmerica,Trump the U.S. reaction. hereillegallyand build awall against partment because he would notrent mostly talked abouthow he would stem Trumpsaid it might not have been Mexico.Clinton hassaid shewould ex- apartments…toAfrican Americans.” thelosses. Russia that orchestrated the hacks,but pand on attempts by PresidentBarack Trumpdefended his longstanding “First of all, youdon’t let thecompa- agreedwithClinton that“we have to get Obama to give themtemporarystays insistencethatPresidentObama might niesleave,” Trumpsaid,describing how very toughoncyber warfare.” from deportation and work permits. not be an American citizen,whichhe he would raise tariffs on imported goods Regarding the Islamic State, or ISIS, Thecandidates have taken polar op- recentlydropped. and lowercorporatetax ratestopush Trumpblamed Clinton for“creating”the posite views on legal immigration, once Trumpsaid what African-Ameri- companiestoput their capitaltoworkat groupwithapoorlyexecuted withdraw- an issueholding broadbipartisansup- canand Hispanic communities need home. al of the Americanoccupationfrom Iraq. port.OnMonday,the twocandidates is more lawand order because they are Clinton, on the other hand, sees Clinton said the withdrawal hadbeen touched only lightly on the divisiveis- being“decimated”bycrime.Heprom- “achieving prosperity” moreasamat- scheduledunder the previous adminis- sueduring the debate,withTrump say- ised to extend the “stop-and-frisk” ap- ter of moving into newsectors in which tration of PresidentGeorgeW.Bushand ing the crime rate in thenationisout of proach. America can seizeanatural advantageas could not be adjusted. control. Immigrants hereillegally“have “Wehaveasituation where ourin- well as redistributing the gains that have Shecalled for increasedbombard- guns andthey shoot people,” he said. ner cities, African-Americans andHis- disproportionatelyflowedtothe super- ment of the group, cyber attacks to dis- Crime actuallyhas decreased signifi- panics,are livinginhell,” Trumpsaid. rich, through measures such as raising rupt online propaganda, militaryaid to cantly since themid-1990s. “You walk down thestreetand youget the minimum wageand encouraging em- U.S. allies neighboring theISIS strong- Clinton didn’t respond directlytohis shot.Wehavetostop the shootingsand ployeeownership structures. holdand targeting of ISISleadership. statements. bringback lawand order.” “I call it trumped-uptrickle down, Trumpdeclined to offer specifics but TrumpalsoblamedClinton for what As for the discrimination lawsuit, becausethat’sexactlywhatitwould be,” agreedthat“we have to knockthe hell he said have been“defective”trade agree- Trumpsaid it wassettledwithnoad- Clintonsaid of Trump’splantocut indi- outofISIS andwehavetodoitfast.” mentsthathavecostAmerican jobs. mission of guilt. vidual and corporatetaxes, noting that He criticized Clinton forposting spe- Clinton argued thatshe held jobs,such He citedaclubheopened in Palm cutting taxesatthe top would be particu- cificplansonher campaignwebsite, say- as secretary of state, thatdid not give her Beach County as amodel of nondis- larlyadvantageous to theTrump Orga- ing it revealedtoo much to the terrorist aprimary role in crafting trade agree- crimination. nization itself. group. ments. 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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Candidates couldn’t hide animosity Green Party’s Stein removed Candidates from page A1 Green Party presiden- Wall Street and foreign banks. tial candidate Jill Stein Trump’s strongest moments was escorted by police came early in the evening, when he off the Hofstra University seemed to put Clinton on the defen- campus hours before the sive over her support for free trade school was to host the agreements that he argues have debate between Democrat cost Americans jobs. Hillary Clinton and Re- But on issues of race and gen- publican Donald Trump. der, Trump was less sure-footed. Stein was “nicely es- When he was pressed about what corted” from campus after he would say to people offended by authorities found that she his years of questions about wheth- did not have proper media er Obama was born in the U.S., credentials, a Nassau Trump did not respond directly, County police spokesman instead claiming credit for Obama told ABC News. releasing his birth certificate. Stein did not register “I say nothing because I was able enough support in na- to get him to produce it,” he said of tional polls to participate the birth certificate. in the Monday debate. Clinton also tried to drive a wedge between Trump and the 2,000 protesters president, whose approval ratings outside debate are on the rise. “President Obama is a man of great dignity,and I could Police on Long Island tell how much it bothered him,” she say about 2,000 protest- said of the controversy. Joe Raedle / Pool via Associated Press ers gathered outside the She also broadened the issue be- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump showed cordiality to each other before and after Monday night’s scene of the first presiden- yond birtherism, which she called a debate, which was moderated by Lester Holt of NBC News. tial debate. “racist lie,” and accused Trump of Some of the diverse having “along recordofengagingin What’s next? issue that polls show is resonating groups protesting Mon- racist behavior.” She singled out his with voters. She suggested that he day night’s showdown family’s real estate company for be- Tuesday, Oct. 4 Sunday, Oct. 9 Wednesday, Oct. 19 had not made them public because at Hofstra University ing sued by the Justice Department Vice presidential Presidential Presidential debate they would show that “you haven’t included Hardhats for in 1973 for racial discrimination. debate Town Hall UNLV, Las Vegas paid any federal income tax for a lot Hillary, socialists and Trump did little to rebut her Longwood University Washington University of years.” activists calling for a liv- Farmville, Va. St. Louis All times: 8 p.m. charges of racism. He instead said Trump did not dispute her as- ing wage. The protesters he had recently watched some of sertion, saying instead that the gov- were confined to an area her debates with Obama in the things to her, and I think everybody triedtopinblameonherfordecades ernment would waste his money. several blocks long. 2008 Democratic primary and she wouldagreethatshedeservesit,and of U.S. policy,including the decision “It would be squandered, too, be- Nassau County police had been quite harsh on her then- nobody feels sorry for her,” he said. by Bill Clinton, to sign the North lieve me,” he said. At another point, say 24 people were arrest- rival. “Youtreated him with terrible But Trump said mysteriously American Free Trade Agreement he argued that he was “smart” to ed on mostly disorderly disrespect,” he said. But Trump re- that he had “something extremely into law, as well as her past support have avoided paying any federal in- conduct charges. Police peatedly demeaned Obama in the rough” to say about “Hillary and for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. come tax earlier in his career. gave no other details on debate, at one point telling Clinton her family,” then added, “I can’t do “NAFTA is the worst trade deal Beyond the frequent policy the arrests. that he was “your president.” it, I can’t do it.” He told CNN after- maybe ever signed anywhere,” clashesandvividpersonalitydiffer- ward that he was proud of “holding Trump said, invoking a pact that is ences, the hostility between the two Pence, celebs Pressed on insults to women back” on Bill Clinton and his extra- deeply unpopular in several swing candidateswasunmistakable.Clin- in spin room Later, Clinton recalled Trump’s marital affairs because Chelsea states, and added that the TPP “will ton was all icy stares and pointed stream of insults to women over the Clinton was in the audience. be almost as bad.” After Clinton rebukes, while avoiding the sort of Some unconventional years, a determined effort by her to On crime, Trump targeted Clin- said she had opposed the Trans-Pa- prickly reactions that hurt Obama supporters of the presi- rally female voters to her side. tonfornottakingasufficientlyhard cific adetr deal, Trump interjected in his first debate against Mitt Rom- dential candidates were “This is a man who has called line, chastising her for refusing to and, raising his voice, talked over ney in 2012. packing the spin room women pigs, slobs and dogs, and say “law and order,” and sketched her. “You called it the gold stan- Trump looked more irritable where reporters awaited someone who has said pregnancy a dystopian view of minority com- dard,” he said, nearly shouting. and impatient as the night went on, the first debate of the is an inconvenience to employers, munities. Blacks and Hispanics, he Clinton, in a measured tone and and ultimately lost his cool when general election. who has said women don’t deserve said, “are living in hell because it’s with a tight smile, responded with Clinton noted that he had initially They include a trio of equal pay unless they do as good so dangerous.” a harsh rejoinder. “Donald, I know supported the war in Iraq. sports figures: eccentric a job as men,” Clinton said. “A nd He attacked Clinton from the you live in your own reality,but that “Wrong,” Trump said. “Wrong, boxing promoter Don one of the worst things he said was right onpolicing,suggestingthatshe is not the facts,” she said. wrong.” King, dressed in a bedaz- about a woman in a beauty con- supported “stop-and-frisk” policies Trump did signal support for zling denim jacket; former test. He loves beauty contests, sup- but was not saying so for unstated Taxes and Iraq the U.S. invasion of Iraq at first, Indiana basketball coach porting them and hanging around political reasons. But in an attempt Trump hurled so many accusa- but when the moderator, Lester Bobby Knight; and bil- them. And he called this woman to damage her with black voters, tions at Clinton — and with such Holt of NBC News, pointed that lionaire Dallas Mavericks Miss Piggy. Then he called her Miss he also invoked her use of the word fervor that he frequently had to sip out, Trump lashed out. “That is a owner Mark Cuban. Housekeeping because she was La- “superpredator”in1990stodescribe water — that she found herself say- mainstream media nonsense put Also working the room tina. Donald, she has a name.” youthful criminals. “I think it was a ing at one point, “I have a feeling out by her,” Trump said of Clinton. was Trump’s running Trump did not have a forceful terrible thing to say,” he said. that by the end of this evening, I’m When Holt said “the record shows mate Mike Pence, who rejoinder, saying that most of his Trump seemed most confident going to be blamed for everything otherwise,” Trump went on a long was being followed by a insults had been aimed at the come- when he accused Clinton of lacking that’s ever happened.” tangent about various antiwar pack of reporters as he dian Rosie O’Donnell, with whom arecordofsuccessorresultsdespite Clinton pressed Trump on his comments he had made to allies like crisscrossed the media he had feuded. “I said very tough being in public life for 30 years. He failure to release his tax returns, an Sean Hannity of Fox News. filing center doing inter- views. Kaine visits site Analysis: First time for both to face other party of Fla. slayings Analysis from page A1 demeaning remarks toward wom- Trump’s suggestion on Twitter that forcing each other’s historically Tim Kaine has visited en and making bellicose statements he was considering inviting former high negative ratings in the polls. the Orlando, Fla., me- can shoulder the immense, awe- about war and foreign policy, ques- Bill Clinton consort Gennifer Flow- Notably absent from the debate morial site of the worst some responsibilities of the presi- tioning both his judgment and tem- ers — a threat designed both to un- was the edgy side of Trump that mass shooting in modern dency.” perament. nerve his opponent and remind helped him dispatch Republican American history. Trump in turn sought to exploit “I have much better judgment voters of an unseemly episode from opponents with debate insults like Weeping, he said, Clinton’s central weakness: the than she has,” Trump responded. the Clintons’ past. Flowers did not “Little” Marco Rubio, “low-energy” “We’ve got work to do.” deficit of trust and sthone y she has “I also have a much better tempera- appear. Jeb Bush and “Lyin’” Ted Cruz. The Democratic vice faced in her struggles to explain her ment. … I have a winning tempera- Trump’s campaign also primed presidential nominee use of a private email server as sec- ment. I know how to win.” the pump of post-debate spin by Potential game-changer made the remarks during retary of state. Trump — surpris- He pressed Clinton on the slow promising supporters that surro- His performance in Monday’s a brief stop at Pulse night- ingly playing more defense than economic recovery of the Obama gates, such as Texas operative Ka- encounter with Clinton proved club, where 49 people offense — pivoted to the topic even administration and vowed to re- trina Pierson, would “take on the more disciplined and less free- were shot and killed in as he was called on to releasehis tax duce taxes and create more jobs. mainstream media who will try to wheeling, in keeping with the June. He was joined by returns. While offering few details, he said, crown Hillary the winner.” broader demographics of a general former congresswoman “I will release my tax returns, “It’s going to be a beautiful thing to In a fundraising email Thurs- election campaign. Facing a record Gabby Giffords and her against my lawyer’s wishes, when watch.” day, Pierson said the campaign gender gap with women, Trump husband, Mark Kelly. The she releases the 33,000 emails that was planning to “flood” the air- also steered clear of his cam- couple became gun control have been deleted,” he said. Starting with advantage? waves with pro-Trump ads in paign’s oft-used Clinton moniker, advocates after Giffords Clinton acknowledge the blun- For many analysts, Trump ar- battleground states after the de- “Crooked Hillary,” a piece of per- was shot in the head in der of using a private email server rived on the stage with a central bate, seeking to capitalize on what sonal condescension that experts 2011. Kaine laid white while secretary of state, which has advantage over Clinton: the low Trump aides see as a momentum said could have opened up an un- roses in front of a banner become of a centerpiece of GOP po- expectations attached to the real shift in their direction. welcome gender dynamic. of rainbow doves. Many litical attacks for the past year. estate mogul owing to his outsider The Clinton campaign prepared One of the central ironies of the of the Pulse victims were “It was a mistake, and I take full status in presidential politics. to host more than 1,200 debate debate — among many — was that members of the LGBT responsibility for that,” she said. Clinton, a former firstad l y, sena- watch parties in 50 states. It also Trump, a man frequently assailed community. For Trump, the debate stage at tor,andsecretaryof statewithyears launched a minute-and-a-half new for overt sexism, found himself Kaine was to join Gif- Hofstra University in New Yo rk in public service, came in burdened web video called “Lies,” highlight- facing the first woman to take the fords and Kelly in Orlando also provided a chance to cast off with high expectations of winning ing contradictory Trump state- debate stage as a major party can- to watch Hillary Clinton his past excesses — such as his on debate points against a celeb- ments on a host of issues. didate. and Donald Trump in “birther” attacks on President rity billionaire who has logged long On the debate stage, Clinton But if Clinton’s aim was to bait their first debate. Barack Obama and his suggestion hours before the cameras, albeit as faced the challenge of projecting Trump into going off-script, lash- that climate change is a hoax — and a reality TV star. personal warmth while at the same ing out at her or saying anything MTV to promote reach his threshold goal of look- She also came onto the stage rep- time drawing blood against an op- offensive that might be deemed voter registration ing and sounding thoughtful and resenting the status quo in what ponent who has traded on attitude over-the-top by independent or presidential. many see as a “change” election. overpolicy,eschews briefingbooks, moderate voters, she had limited MTV is bringing back Clinton, for her part, seemed at “Hillary has experience,” Trump and revels in a political zone that is success. its 1990s-era show “Total ease showing her greater policy said, “but it’s bad experience.” all but impervious to fact-checking. For the campaigns, the debate Request Live” for a day, depth — in contrast to Trump’s In a pre-debate briefing, Repub- Clinton got off the first attack of — with an expected 100 million only this time as “Total showmanship flair — and tying lican National Committee strate- the night by contrasting Trump’s viewers — had the potential to be Registration Live.” Trump to the inflammatory rheto- gist Sean Spicer praised Clinton’s inherited wealth to her own mid- a game-changer in a contest fea- It will be part of a ric of his boisterous primary cam- reputation as a “talented debater,” dle-class upbringing. He referred turing two major party candidates national voter registration paign. versus Trump who, notwithstand- to his father’s $14 million loan as “a locked in stalemate in both national effort on Tuesday, with a “Just join the debate by saying ing a dozen GOP primary debates, very small amount” that he turned and most battleground state polls. show airing at 5 p.m. CDT more crazy things,” Clinton said “is new to the format.” into a business empire worth bil- According to a Wall Street Jour- and simulcasting online. after Trump accused her of inef- While both Trump and Clinton lions. nal poll released Monday, some Model Kendall Jenner will fectiveness on foreign policy and came to their inaugural face-off sea- When Trump accused her of 34 percent of Americans said the appear, along with direc- “fighting ISIS your entire adult soned by a year of primary debates, playing politics as usual, Clinton matchups between Clinton and tor Joss Whedon, Camila life.” Monday’s contest was the first time was ready. “I think Donald just crit- Trump would be very important in Cabello of Fifth Harmony The two also sparred over either candidate had debated a rival icized me for preparing for this de- picking a candidate to support. and singer Ty Dolla $ign. Trump’s past suggestion of a cli- from an opposing party. bate,” he said. “Yes,I did. Yo u know Clinton and Trump are sched- Organizers say guests mate change hoax perpetrated by Pre-debate maneuvering was in- what else I prepared for? I prepared uled to face off for a second time on will stress the importance the Chinese, which he denied em- tense, with the campaigns tussling to be president, and I think that’s a Oct. 9 at Washington University in of voting. They also will phatically, despite a tweet to the over the proper role for NBC mod- good thing.” St. Louis. The final debate is Oct. 19 test out technology help- contrary. erator Lester Holt in fact-checking With base voters largely dug in Las Vegas. ing people register via a Clinton, often on the offensive, any of the candidates’ anticipated in on both sides, both Clinton and text message or through accused Trump of a record of “rac- misstatements. 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VoterID inhabitants of Texas are Her unable to vote because Regarding “Texas asks they do not possess one highcourt to restore voter of these forms. If they do ID law” (PageA5, Satur- not have proper iden- night day),itisamazing that an tification, they cannot attorney for the NAACP receive food stamps, drive foundacollegestudent acar,cashacheck, visit Hillary shines without apicture ID and adoctor,beadmitted to under the one whodoes not have ahospital or even attend oneofthe sevenaccept- some meetings. spotlight. able formsofidentifica- Thevoter ID law tion. Istill have my pic- should be embraced by Before Kennedyand ture ID when astudentin all Americans regardless Nixonfaced off in the first aTexas collegeand surely of party affiliation. Why televised presidential all enrolled students pos- do Democratsoppose the debate,former White sess such an ID.When I law? Theright to vote is House speechwriter wasadmitted to ahospital precious and should be Emmet John Hughes recently, Iasked if Icould protected by requiring a wrote an op-ed for the be admitted if Idid not picture ID of everyvoter. NewYorkTimes that show apicture ID,and the Margaret Thomas,Houston imagined twofutures. In answerwas no. one, as described in The There is absolutelyno Glass ceiling Atlantic,television helped waythat600,000 legal democracy flourishby Regarding “The glass bringing policy debates ceiling is justcracked, directlytovoters. In the not shattered”(Page A34, other future,television Music venue’splans areway out of tune Sept. 11), looking beyond filled politics with a the presidential candi- sloganized portrayalof By Beth Lousteau certs well past theOct.5expiration one is goingtotakedownastage date’s personalities, the governing thatpromoted date of the temporarypermit. and come back and getatemporary real women’sissues that charlatans. TheNear Northsidehas anew Why? Because receiving approv- permit. Letmejustdebunkthat. should be addressed are: Hughes hoped for the neighbor —and, unfortunately, it’s al for apermanentstage —which That’s not happening.” On average, women firstbut predicted the not agoodone. has strict requirements for parking, Likewise,the city’sDepartment todaymake79cents for latter.Now the Grand This historic working-class trafficw, flo electrical systems, rest- of Public Worksand Engineering everydollar made by OldParty is being led by neighborhood justnorth of down- rooms and compliance with federal confirmed it will not reneworissue their male counterparts aman whohas neverin town has been beset by problems codes, such as the Americans with anew temporarypermit. It said for the exact same jobs. his 70 years demonstrated since WhiteOak Music Hall opened Disabilities Act—isalotharder the outdoor structure currentlyat It’s even worstfor work- familiarity with policy for business in April. Whilethe and more expensive.Justask the the musiccomplex is not meantfor ing mothers (73cents), or interestinservice. mayorand City Council have developers. So far, their plans for a “long term, repetitive use” and that African-American women Theformerreality show repeatedlyvowed to address them, permanentstage have been rejected “a temporarypermitisjustthat, (63cents), and Hispanic hosthas made it this far residents are stillwaiting for thatto six separate times. Theplans re- temporary.” women (54 cents). Mul- on his carnivalbarker’s happen. main insufficienttomeetminimum This could not be more clear. tiplythose disparities abilitygrabattention, but Akey testwill come on Oct. city standards and are even dis- Ye tthe showsgoon. Thenoise overalifetime of work, his routine floundered 22 when the firstofsix already- criminatoryinthe case of the ADA continues. Theparking keeps and youhavedramatic when placed in frontofa scheduled showsisplanned for the deficiencies. overwhelming the narrow differences in earning and quiet crowd,aprepared outdoor stage. This is important In largepart, that’sbecause the residential streets. Andtickets keep retirementbenefits. opponentand dutiful because the temporarypermitfor idea of amassive outdoor concert selling for concerts scheduled for Menare more likely moderator. this temporarystage expires on stageissowoefullyincompatible after Oct. 5. to be in aworkplace that At Monday’sdebate, Oct. 5. Theoutdoor stage, known as with the area. If at some point, Neighbors of the venueare not offers apension or 401K, Donald Trump’sanswers TheLawn, has been hosting events the city does approve plansfor a anti-development. We are not whichsupplements their were hollow where sinceApril, and attracts crowds permanentoutdoor stage, residents anti-music.And we are not against Social Security earnings. former SecretaryofState of up to 3,200 people.They’ve also will expect the city to treatconcerns WhiteOak Music Hall.But we Women are stillmore HillaryClinton was been routinelyexceeding the city’s by residents of the Near Northside do not believe thatthis project — likely than men to be substantive.She wasthe sound ordinance —and not justfor the same as they would of those in a or anyproject —should receive out of the workforce to happy warrior where concerts but even, in one recentex- more affluentneighborhood. apass in the name of economic shoulder the responsibil- he wascurmudgeonly. ample,ayoga class, leading to their Butthe developers see the development.The burden of the ityofcaring for children Even his hair seemed flat third criminal citation. upcoming expiration of their permit venue’snoncompliance then gets and aging parents. When in contrasttoClinton’s It wasn’t supposed to be this way. as onlyaminor setback. In fact, placed squarelyonthe surrounding employed, womenare energetic coif. Thecityissues temporarypermits Will Garwood, the leaddeveloper neighborhoods. twice as likelyasmen to Thedebaterevealed for one-time events,suchaspa- of WhiteOak Music Hall,recently That’s whythe city must keep work part-time,typi- the real estate scion for radesorfestivals, and also in some let slip to the Chronicle his plan itsword and allowthe venue’s callyloweringincome and what he is: uniquely cases to allownew businesses to get for getting around it.“Thestage temporarypermittoexpireas retirementbenefits. unprepared. off thegroundwhile construction is will come down and it will come scheduled. Thecitycannot justly Women live longer Theonlything being completed. Thelatteriswhat back up…They have the latitudeto allowthis temporarystage, or than men on average, so worsethan Republican the developers of WhiteOak Music saythatit’ssafe or not. They can’t anyother nonpermanentstage, whatever benefits they nominee’s performance Hall received. They did not receive sayyou can’ttakeitdownand put to operate beyond Oct. 5. If the qualify for must last would be if he actually open-ended permission to operate a it back up.Wehaveevery right to developers won’tdoitontheir own, longer. implemented his year-round outdoor amphitheater. have aconcert on the stage.” thecitymustforce them to be good Brenda Moss,Sugar Land platform. Tradetariffs Ye t, somewhere along the way, they At aSept. 7CityCouncil meeting, neighbors. would kill jobs at the came to this mistaken conclusion, MayorSylvester Turner shot down Astrodome Port of Houston. The even goingsofar as to book six con- this idea in no uncertain terms: “No LousteauisaHouston resident. governmentwould Regarding “Eighth support afailing coal Wonder”(Page A17, industryatthe expense Saturday),itistime for of Texas natural gas. Policies thathelpthe real, real America the Astrodometogo. The Trump’stax plan would entire region is in eco- send the national debt to Paul Krugman says there are we know, both about Clinton’s nomic distress, between unprecedented heights. long-terminterests andher current pension obligations in the Everything the aspiring some interesting ideas coming choices of advisers, suggests that public sector and the oil politician says is a family-centered issues are close to downturn affecting both promise to makeusless from one of the campaigns, and her heart. Butwhy should helping public and private sectors. competitive. workingparents be such apriority? Thecase for retaining the None of this matters to it doesn’t involvedeportations. It lookstomelikeanattempt to fo- Dome wanders from one Trump. He wasborn rich cus on the problems of the real, real ideatothe next with an and he’ll stay rich. Here’s what happens everyelec- counting? America in whichmostofour fel- absence of areal, compel- Butfor anyone who tion cycle: Pundits demand that Back to Clinton: Much of her lowcitizens live.And thatAmerica ling and needed busi- cares about growing politicians offer the countrynew policy agenda could be character- is one in whichworking parents are ness model. TheEighth the U.S. economyand ideas. Then, if and when acandi- ized as athird Obama term, build- the norm, in whichstay-at-home Wonder is amarketing leaving abetter nation for date actuallydoes propose innova- ing on the center-left policies of the mothers are adistinct minority,and slogan, not arecognized their children, Clinton tive policies, the news media pays pasteight years. That wouldhardly in whichthe problemofhow to take statementofarchitectural describedapathbuilt on little attention, chasing scandals or, be atrivial matter.For example, care of children while making ends value. provenpolicy. all too often, fake scandals instead. independentestimates suggestthat meet is central to manypeople’s Whilethe editorial’s Admittedly, few Remember the extensive coverage her proposed enhancements to the lives. local cheerleading is com- of Clinton’s ideas are lastmonth,when HillaryClinton Affordable Care Actwould extend Thenumbers are striking:64 mendable,inthiscase it unique.Oncriminal laid out an ambitious mental health health coverage to around 10 mil- percentofwomen with children is encouraging misguided justice issues, shetouted agenda?Neither do I. lion more people,whereas Donald younger than 6are in the paid labor and unnecessaryspend- diversion programs like Forthatmatter, even the demand Trump’sproposed repeal of the force,upfrom39percentin1975. ing. those here in Harris for newideas is highlyquestion- actwould cause around 20 million Most of these working mothers are JamesHamilton, Houston County.Onjobs, she able,since there are plenty of good people to lose coverage. surely doing so out of economic pushed for profit sharing, old ideas thathaven’t been put into In addition to defending and ex- necessity,and we as asociety need Golf icon paid familyleave and effect. Most advanced countries tending PresidentBarack Obama’s to find away to reconcile this reality other ways to bring more implemented some form of guaran- achievements, however, Clinton is with the need to raise our children Regarding “A rnie had money and stability to teed health coverage decadesifnot pushing adistinctive agenda cen- well. aura likefew others” workers. generations ago. Does this mean tered around support for working Isuppose afree marketpur- (PageC1, Monday),any- Insteadoftalking thatweshould dismiss Obamacare parents. This isn’tacompletelynew istmight question whyweneed onewho currentlyreaps about those working as no big deal, since it’s just imple- idea, but the scale of the Clinton government policies to help deal benefits from the PGA families,Trump stroked menting atired old agenda?The proposals is off the charts com- with this newreality.But we are, Tour should show up his ego. He defended 20 million Americans whogained pared with anything thathas gone after all, talking about the fate of at the funeral or memo- stiffing small business health coverage would beg to differ. before. children,who are to some extenta rial service for Arnold owners. He bragged about Still, there reallyare some inter- One piece of thatagenda involves common responsibility.Further- Palmer. putting himself first. esting newideas coming from one 12 weeksofpaidfamilyleave to more,child care economics is in Arnie made golf atele- He even hinted thathe’s of the campaigns, and they argu- care for newchildren, help sick some ways likehealth economics: vision sport. Before him, evaded taxes. Insteadof ably tell us alot about howClinton relatives, or recoverfromillness for avariety of reasons, mostly it wasjustacuriosity on talking about the future of would govern. or injury. Trump, whohas offered coming down to the fact thatwe’re the TV for people likeme. our nation, Trumptalked Wait —whatabout the other his ownthreadbare version of a dealing with people,not things, we Hischarisma and style about his newhotel. side? Aren’t Republicans also maternal leave plan, waspants-on- can’t trustunregulated markets to of playdrewmillions of Disorganized, offering wine deas?Well, Iguess fire lying when he claimed thathis deliveradecentoutcome. followers, including me, stumbling and sniffling proposing to round up and deport opponenthas no such plan. So anyone whocomplains that whocame to be known as throughout the debate, 11 million people counts as anew Another,evenmore striking there aren’t big newideas in this “A rnie’s Army.” Trumpprovedthathe idea. And Republicans in Congress piece involves helping families with campaign simplyisn’t paying at- Mike Ganis,Houston clearlyisn’t ready for seem to have movedpasttheir young children in several ways, tention. One candidate,atleast, prime time.Itisalarming tradition of proposing tax cuts that especiallythroughuniversal pre- has ideas thatwould makeabig, that someone likeTrump delivermostoftheir benefits to the school and public outlays —subsi- positive difference to millions of BIBLE VERSE has made it this far, but wealthy. Now they are,instead, dies and tax credits —toholddown American families. Forwhere your as people knewback in proposing tax cuts thatdeliver all of thecostofchild care (the campaign treasure is, there will 1960,itcertainly was their benefits to the 1percent—OK, sets atargetofnomore than 10 KrugmanisaNew York Times your heart be also. predictable. actuallyjust99.6 percent, but who’s percentofincome.) And everything columnist. Luke 12:34

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MANUFACTURING Purolatortoshut Texas coal mine acasualty itsHoustonplant, NRGEnergy’s decision to switch to acleaner-burning variety layoff 74 workers from Wyoming will cost 250 jobs

By Andrea Rumbaugh manufacturingoperations By Jordan Blum less economic coal plants, will be consolidated with a but in this case,NRG is Acompanythatmakes facility in Shelby,N.C. TheWestmoreland Coal switching to low-sulfur filtration products for JeffFrederick, vice pres- Co.said it will cut about coal with less carbon emis- polymer and plastic manu- identofhuman resources 250 Texasjobswhen it sionsthan Texas lignite, facturers cited “sustained for parentcompanyPuro- closes itsJewett Mine af- commonlycalledbrown market challenges”for lator Advanced Filtration ter NRGEnergy opted to coal. closing itsHouston facil- Group,cited increased switch to cleaner-burning Westmoreland in- ityand laying off 74 people, competition, customers’ coal from Wyoming. formedthe Texas Work- according to documents wanting thingsfaster and Themove comesasthe force Commission in a released Mondaybythe forless,and lagging ef- powerinTexas andacross letter thatitwill cut the TexasWorkforce Commis- fects from the downturn in the country increasingly roughly250 jobs in De- sion. Houston’s oiland gas sec- switches to cleanerfuels. cember and January. The Purolator Engineered toramong thefactors that Nick Simonite/AssociatedPress file Powergenerators have 31-year-old mine for de- Filtration Products is ex- contributedtothe closing. An NRGEnergy powerplantisclose to Jewett. largelyturned to gas-fired cadessupplied NRG’s pected to close itsHouston “This wasadifficult de- Westmoreland Coal Co.saysitwill close its Jewett powerand renewable en- Limestonecoal plantin plantinDecember,and its Purolator continuesonB6 Mine in Texasbecause NRGprefers Wyomingcoal. ergy to replace dirtier and CoalcontinuesonB6

ROCKET INDUSTRY WELLSFARGO SpaceX LODGING Fired for tries out doing Mars the right engine thing?

By James F. Peltz By StacyCowley LOS ANGELESTIMES NEWYORK TIMES

Elon Musk said SpaceX At least5,300 Wells Far- successfully tested its go employees have been Raptor rocketengine that fired for ethics violations mightone daybeused to likesettingupillicitac- transportpeople to Mars. counts without customers’ SpaceX “achievedfirst knowledge to meet sales firingofthe Raptor inter- targets. Now there is an- planetarytransporten- other groupofaggrieved gine,” Musk said Sunday WellsFargo workers: peo- night on Twitter.The en- plewho saytheywere fired gine is powered by meth- or demoted forstaying ane and liquid oxygen. honestand fallingshort of Thedisclosurecame sales goals they saywere just before Musk’s sched- unrealistic. uled appearance Tuesday That second groupof at the International Astro- workers, whoclaim that nautical Congress in Gua- they playedbythe rules dalajara, Mexico,where and were punished for it, he is expected to discuss are startingtocoalesce SpaceX’s effortstoward around twolawsuitsthat eventuallyreachingMars. were just filed and that Musk, the leaderofelec- seekclass-actionstatus. triccar companyTesla, Thefirstwas filed in Los is also chiefexecutive of Angeles lastweek by for- SpaceX, aprivatelyheld merWells Fargoworkers companywhose full name whosay thatwhiletheir is Space Exploration Tech- colleagues createdun- nologies Corp. authorizedaccounts to In June,Muskpredicted meet cross-selling quotas, the companycould launch they were penalized or ter- people to Mars in lessthan minated for refusingtodo adecade and said he would the same. providemoredetails at the Thebank’s chief execu- conference in Mexico about tive,John Stumpf,has of- SpaceX’s effort to oneday Elizabeth Conley photos /HoustonChronicle ten stated his goal thateach colonize the planet. The AloftHoustonDowntownhotel will open next month in a1913 buildingthatoriginallywas Wells customershould Meanwhile, SpaceX thehome of StowersFurniture. The property will have 168rooms. have at leasteight accounts suffered asetback Sept. 1 with the company. That ag- when one of itsFalcon 9 gressive targethas made rockets, whichwas sup- the bank’s stockadarling posed to carryacommuni- on Wall Street, the lawsuit cations satellite into orbit, Alofthotel geared notes. exploded on the launchpad On Monday, afederal in Florida. Thecompany lawsuitwithanalogous said lastweekthatearly claims wasfiled in the U.S. analysis suggests a“large District Court for the Cen- breach”took place in the for millennials tral District of California, cryogenic helium system seeking to create aclass of of the rocket’ssecond-stage currentand former Wells liquid oxygen tank,but Tech-savvy sitetohave features forguests, downtownresidents employees across the thatitstill looking for the countrywho hadsimilar root causeofthe explosion. By Nancy Sarnoff experiences. Pending the outcome of “These are thepeople thatprobe,the company ILLENNI- whohavebeenlefthold- said it could resume flights ALS, those ingthe bag,”said Jona- as early as November. finicky 20- than Delshad, the lawyer While theinvestigation and 30-some- representing the workers continues, SpaceX’s rock- Mthingswho inbothsuits.“It wasare- ets, whichflymissions are influencing the wayapart- volvingdoor.Ifyou weren’t for commercialsatellite ments, offices and homes are willing to engage in these customers as well as the beingdesigned,are now get- Wells continuesonB6 National Aeronautics and ting tailor-madehotels. SpaceAdministration, re- Cateringtothatdemo- main grounded. graphic powerhouse,the Aloft “Atthis stageofthe in- HoustonDowntownwill open vestigation, preliminary nextmonth in the historic reviewofthe data and de- Stowers building,820 Fannin bris suggests thatalarge at Walker. Aloft, whichhas aroof-top pool and patio,wants business breach in the cryogenic he- Thenational hotel brand travelersduringthe week and leisurevisitorsonweekends. lium system of the second fromStarwood Hotels&Re- stageliquid oxygen tank sorts Worldwide, whichhas took place,” SpaceX said in been acquired by Marriott In- an expansive deck available for tailers andoffice tenants. The the statement. ternational, aims to attract the parties and special events. otherAloft is nearthe Galleria. Ateamofexperts from millennialset with amenities As thesecondAloft in Hous- Thehotel owner and opera- SpaceX, NASA,the U.S. likelivemusicinthe lobbies, ton, the downtown property is tor,TrendHospitality of Sugar AirForce andthe Federal laptop work areas, abar and scheduledtoopen Oct.4inthe Land, expects the downtown AviationAdministration billiards table and furniturein- 1913 formerStowers Furniture property to attract young has ruled out anylink be- spiredbymidcenturymodern building, aproperty thatsat business travelers during the tween this year’s mishap designs. Thereisalsoarooftop empty for years as developers week andleisure visitors on Stuart Palley /New York Times and aJune 2015 accident swimming poolsurrounded by tried to pitchitasahome to re- Aloft continuesonB6 Dennis Russellsaysthe thatdestroyedaFalcon 9 bank’s culture“comes rocketminutes into flight. down from thetop.” B2 | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | HoustonChronicle | HoustonChronicle.com andchron.com xx BUSINESS

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AVIATION in safety technologyhas He was80. He died at his been bought by aTennes- home in LakeForest, Ill., Airline see firm. accordingtoDeerfield, Chattanooga-based Ill.-based Walgreens to use Environmental Solutions Boots Alliance. Grouphas acquired Alli- tracking ance Wireless Technolo- ENTERTAINMENT gies for an undisclosed Chinese firm may amount, the companies buyDickClark system said Monday. Alliance Wireless develops driver- Productions Qatar Airways will be monitoring equipment. DickClark Produc- the firstairline to adopt Environmental Solutions tions, the producer of the theGlobalBeaconplane- is an equipmentbusiness Golden GlobeAwards and tracking system launched thatservessolid waste other TV programs, is in by Houston-based Flight- and recycling clients. talkstobeacquired by Aware and Virginia-based Bill Montgomery /HoustonChroniclefile an arm of Wang Jianlin’s Aireon, the companies Amongthe carriersatBushIntercontinental Airport is Qatar Airways. MIDDLE EAST Dalian WandaGroupCo. said Monday. SaudiArabia DickClark,part of FlightAware and monthafter surgingto wasrecentlyvalued at are joining the NCAA, cuts salaries for EldridgeIndustries, is Aireon announced last the highestlevel in nearly $20billion.The privately entertainers and more holding exclusivetalks week thatthey willuse 66 nine years. New-home held companymakes than 200 businesses in senior officials with Beijing Wanda low-orbitsatellites to track sales dropped 7.6percent powerful data-analytics calling for NorthCarolina Saudi Arabia’sKing Culture Industry Group, planesinreal time around last month to aseason- software used by U.S. to repeal itslaw limiting Salman is reducing the accordingtoastatement the globe. Thesystemis allyadjusted annual rate military, intelligence and LGBT protections against salaries and benefits of Monday. DickClark designedtoprevent planes of 609,000 units, the lawenforcementagencies, discrimination. senior officials, and the Productions wasfounded from losing contact with Commerce Department along with banksand Trillium AssetManage- Cabinet cut bonuses in 1957 by the late TV controllers, whichhap- reported Monday. insurance companies. mentCEO Matt Patsky for public employees personality. pened with Malaysia Air- Thelawsuit,which said MondaythatNorth on Monday, as loweroil lines Flight MH370, which SILICON VALLEY comes as Silicon Valley is Carolina appears headed prices continue to pinch IN OTHER NEWS disappeared in 2014. U.S. says firm grappling with broader for a“state-government- the kingdom’seconomy. •The Treasury De- “I am proud of Qatar discriminated criticism for alackof inflicted recession.” Theroyal decree orders partment auctioned Airways’leadershipposi- diversity,claims Palantir Theinvestors are seek- a20percentreduction in $40 billion in three-month tion in this vital area of againstAsians “routinelyeliminated” ing afull repeal of the law, the salaries of ministers. bills at adiscountrateof aviation safety and aware- SANFRANCISCO — Asianjob candidates. whichexcludesgender 0.250 percent, down from ness,” Qatar CEO Akbar TheU.S.Departmentof Palantir denied the allega- identity and sexual RETAIL 0.305 percentlastweek. Al Baker said in anews Labor has filed alawsuit tions Monday. orientation from state- Grandson Another $36 billion in six- release. accusing afast-growing wideanti-discrimination of Walgreen’s month bills wasauctioned Silicon Valley software DISCRIMINATION protections. at 0.426 percent, down REAL ESTATE companyofsystematical- Investorswant founderdies from 0.500 percent. Salesofnew ly discriminating against state to repeal TECHNOLOGY Charles Walgreen •The FederalReserve homes in U.S. Asianjob applicants. LGBT law Houston-based III, whoexpanded his said the average yield for Palantir Technologies driver-safety grandfather’s drugstore one-year Treasurybills felllastmonth wasco-founded by tech RALEIGH, N.C. — chain into an $18-billion- edged down to 0.60 per- WA SHINGTON — financier Peter Thiel, with About 60 investors companysold a-year companyby1999 centlastweekfrom Sales of newhomes backing from an invest- representing $2.1tril- AHouston-based when he stepped down as 0.61 percent. retreated in August,one ment arm of the CIA, and lion in managedassets business thatspecializes chairman, died Monday. From staff andwirereports Despite Most researchsaystalcnot Mylan pressure, concedes Pfizer acause of ovarian cancer EpiPen decides By Linda A. Johnson Onelarge studypub- profit ASSOCIATEDPRESS lished in June that followed 51,000 sisters of breast it won’t TRENTON,N.J.—Two cancer patients found estimate lawsuitsended in jury genital talc users hadare- verdicts worth $127 mil- duced riskofovarian can- split up lion. Twoothers were cer,27percentlowerthan wasoff tossed out by ajudgewho in nonusers. An analysis said there wasn’t reliable of twohuge, long-running By Linda A. Johnson evidence that the talc in U.S. studies, the Women’s By Carolyn Y. Johnson ASSOCIATEDPRESS Johnson &Johnson’s iconic Health Initiative andthe WA SHINGTONPOST babypowdercausesovar- Nurses’ Health Study, TRENTON,N.J.—Drug iancancer.Sowho’s right? showed no increased risk Lawmakers were skep- giantPfizer says it won’t And is baby powdersafe? of ovarian cancer in talc ticallastweekwhen Mylan splitintotwo publicly Most researchfinds no users. chiefexecutiveHeather tradedcompanies,despite linkoraweak one between Breschsaid thatthe com- pressure from investors ovarian cancer and using Lawyersand courts panymade only$100 in frustrated by itslagging baby powderfor feminine Likethe studies, courts profit foratwo-pack of stockprice,ending years hygiene,apracticegen- have produced mixed re- EpiPens. During aHouse of Wall Street speculation erations of mothers have sults. hearing,Breschrepeatedly overits strategy and fu- passed on to their daugh- In the first trial two referred to aposter board ture. ters.Mostmajor health yearsago,aSouth Da- showing howlittle of the Thebiggest U.S.-based groups have declared talc kota juryfound Johnson $608 listpricetrickled drugmaker said Monday harmless.Johnson &John- &Johnson liable for one back to the company. it believesitisbestposi- son, whose baby powder woman’s ovariancancer Theincredulitywas tioned to maximize share- dominates the market, says but didn’t award anydam- warranted:The prof- holder valueinits current it’s perfectly safe. ages. This year,state court itsBreschtold Congress form, but it reserves the Ye tsome2,000 women juries in St.Louis awarded about were calculated after right to splitinthe future if have sued,and lawyers plaintiffs $72million and factoring in the 37.5percent thesituation changes. are reviewing thousands $55million—verdicts the U.S. taxrate, accordingtoa Forseveral years, the of other potential cases,. companyisappealing. filing with the Securities makerofViagra and the Meanwhile,juryselec- ButU.S.District Judge and ExchangeCommis- pain treatmentLyrica has tion in the next trial began Nelson Johnson in Atlantic sion firstreported by the been undergrowing pres- Monday. City threw out the firsttwo Wall Street Journal. That sure from analysts and in- Alook at theissue: of the 400 lawsuitsinhis tax rate is more than five vestors whoargued that by court. times the overall tax rate splitting up,the resulting Whatistalc? Matt Rourke /AssociatedPress file He reviewed the re- the companyactuallypaid twocompanies might grow Talc is amineral that Johnson’s Baby Powder is squeezed from its searchand testimonyfrom lastyear and much higher faster than one. is mined fromdeposits container.Mostmajor health groups have declared twodoctors whoare the than itsactual U.S. tax rate, Now the drugmaker’s around the world, includ- talc harmless but some 2,000 women have sued, plaintiffs’ keyexpert wit- whichtax specialists have most likely path forward ingthe U.S. Thesoftestof claimingitcauses ovarian cancer. nesses and concludedthe peggedatclose to zero. involveshunting for more minerals, it’s crushed into twoaren’t reliable,noting Before taxes, the EpiPen acquisition targets, accord- awhite powder. It’s been causes cancer.One looks Whatresearch shows they hadpreviously writ- profit is actually$160 for a ing to Bernstein analystDr. widelyusedincosmetics back in time,after an ill- Thebiggest prospective ten thatthere wasnoproof two-pack. At the hearing, TimAnderson, whohad and other personal care ness has occurred. It com- studies have found no link talc causes ovarian cancer. Bresch said the company pressed Pfizer repeatedly products to absorbmois- pares twogroups of peo- betweentalcum powder Other courts approved sold about4million two- to break up. ture since at least1894, ple,one with the illness, applied to the genitals and them as experts,noted the packs ayear. Pfizer has been buying when Johnson &John- onewithout,and asks ovarian cancer.But about plaintiffs’ attorney,Ted “Itisintellectuallydis- several companiesand son’sBabyPowderwas aboutpastexposures that twodozen smaller,look- Meadows of Montgomery, honest to include tax pro- products to help makeup launched. Butit’smainly might be factors. Butpeo- back studiesoverthree Ala. visions for U.S. taxes that for awaveofsales losses to usedinavariety of other plehavetrouble remem- decadeshavemostlyfound J&Jattorney John Beis- aren’t due, andthatthe cheaper,generic competi- products,including paint bering detailsyears later. amodestconnection —a ner says the health care companydoesnot in fact tion, mostnotablyfor the and plastics. Thesecond approach 20 percent to 40 percent giantplans to fight every anticipate ever having to cholesterolpillLipitor.It follows alarge group of increased riskamong talc lawsuit,rather than settle, pay,”said Edward Klein- also attempted and failed Link to ovarian cancer? people.Itassesses their users. “for thefundamental rea- bard, aprofessor of law at twomega-acquisitions, Likemanyquestions in health at the start and fol- However, thatdoesn’t sonthatthe science on and business at theUniver- of Britain’s AstraZeneca science,there’s no defini- lows them for years, re- mean talc causes cancer. whichthey’re based is to- sity of Southern Califor- in 2014 and this year of Ire- tive answer. cording anyillnesses while Several factorsmakethat tallylacking.” nia’sGould School of Law. land’s Allergan. While ovariancancer tracking possible influ- unlikely andthere’s no In the case thatbegan Mylan has reduced its Both those deals had is oftenfatal, it’s relatively ences such as diet and use proof talc,whichdoesn’t Monday in St.Louis, law- effective taxratethrough been structured as tax in- rare.Itaccounts for only of medication, alcoholor interact with chemicals or yers for Deborah Giannec- an inversion by relocat- versions, meanttoallow about 22,000 of the 1.7mil- othersubstances. Scien- cells, cantravelupthe re- chiniofModesto,Calif., ingits headquarters to the Pfizer to move itshead- lion newcases of cancer ex- tists generallyfind these productive tract, enter the says shewas diagnosed Netherlands. Mylan de- quarters fromNew Yo rk pected to be diagnosed in “prospective”studies most ovaries andthen trigger with ovariancancer in 2012 fended the wayitreported —but justonpaper —to the United States this year. reliable. cancer. afteryears of talcum use. itsprofits. acountry with lowertax Factors thatare known rates to reduce itsU.S.tax to increaseawomen’srisk bill. AstraZeneca rebuffed of ovarian cancer include Pfizer,and the U.S. Trea- age, obesity, use of estrogen sury Departmentset up therapy after menopause, % newrules that effectively not having anychildren, blocked theAllerganac- certain genetic mutations quisition. and personalorfamilyhis- 3.01 Lastmonth, Pfizer said toryofbreastorovarian it would spend $14billion cancer. to buycancer drug devel- oper Medivation, and it is Kinds of research buying rightstoAstraZen- Twokindsofresearch eca’sportfolio of approved are possible.Neither of and experimental anti- them, though, can conclu- biotic and antifungal pills. sively prove something xx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | B3 BUSINESS Disney Airlines embrace emissions plan said to be weighing thatcould cost$24 billion ayear abid for By JoeRyan environmental initiatives. tripleby2050,airlines be- payits share.Wejustwant If the deal fails, compa- BLOOMBERGNEWS Theaccord, being bro- lieve thatregional or global to payour share in the most nies runthe riskoffacing kered in Montreal during regulation is inevitable. economicway possible.” even costlier regulation Twitter NEWYORK—The 11 days of talksbeginning If their pollution must be To be clear,the 15-year if Europe or others push aviation industryissup- Tuesday, would be the first controlled,airlines would agreementwould not force aheadwithregional plans. porting aUnited Nations global climate pact target- preferasingleinternation- airlines to cut theirpollu- Environmentalists also By AlexSherman proposal to limitpollution ingasingleindustry. al standard, saying it would tion. Instead, companies are pushing for the deal in and Sarah Frier from international flights Exhaust frominterna- be farcheaperand easier would compensatefor any Montreal,sayingit’safirst BLOOMBERGNEWS even thoughthe measure tional flightsaccounts for thanfollowing apatchwork emissions growth after the step that canbeimproved. mayeventuallycostcom- about 2percentofglobal of local programs. accordbeginsin2020 by Ye tthey criticize the cur- Walt Disney Co.is panies $24billion annually. greenhouse gases, yetwas “Werecognize thatas buyingcreditsthatback rentproposal for relying working with afinancial Trade groups represent- largelyomittedfrom the an industry, we have an renewable energy develop- on voluntaryparticipation adviser to evaluateapossi- ing United Continental, Paris accordonclimate impact on climate change,” ment,forestpreservation during the firstsix years. ble bid for Twitter,accord- Boeing and other industry changelastyearbecause said MichaelGill,executive or other environmental en- “It’speanuts,”said Bill ing to people familiar with leaders are pushing na- delegates feared divvy- directorofthe Air Trans- deavors.Airlines estimate Hemmings, of the Brus- the matter. tions to join the agreement, ingupresponsibility for portActionGroup, which theannual industrywide sels-based environmental After receiving interest whichwould require com- global routes could derail represents airlines,engine costmay beasmuch as$23.9 groupTransport &Envi- in discussing adeal, Twit- panies to offset their emis- the broaderdeal. With avia- makers, airportsand pilots. billion by 2035,or1.8 per- ronment. “Itgets them off ter has started aprocessto sionsgrowth by funding tion emissionsforecast to “The industry is willingto centofprojectedrevenue. the hook.” evaluateapotential sale. Salesforce.com also con- sidering abid and is work- ingwithBank of America on the process, according to other people,who asked not to be named because thematter is private. Google has also been men- tioned as apossible suitor. Representatives for Twitter and Disney didn’t respond to requests for comment. Speculation thatTwit- terwill be soldhas been gathering steam in recent months, including last week’s news of Salesforce’s interest, giventhe social- media company’sslump- ing stockand difficulties in attracting newusers and advertising revenue. Dis- ney,the owner of ABCand ESPN,could obtain anew online outlet for entertain- ment,sportsand news. Jack Dorsey,chief execu- tive officer of Twitter,ison the board of Disney. “It’savideo distribution play,”said James Cakmak, an analystatMonness Crespi Hardt&Co. “What Disney hastothink about is what is itsplace in apost cord-cuttingworld. They are investing in technology fordistribution —and this Grant Hindsley /seattlepi.com would give them theplat- An intricate back-piece of feathers stretches outfromatribal member’s torsoinSeattle earlier this month during ademonstration in form to reach audiences support of theStandingRockSioux fightingconstruction of an oilpipeline in NorthDakota. around the world.” Disney chairman and chiefexecutive officer Bob N. Dakota says no Indian artifactsfound at site Iger has areputation as a strategic thinker with an By James MacPherson Chief Archaeologist internal summary.”She medical treatment,while three security guards left appetite for bold bets, such ASSOCIATEDPRESS Paul Pichasaid in the declined to sayhow the atribal spokesman coun- the construction site.The as the $7.4 billion acquisi- memo firstpublished draftdiffered from later tered thatsix people were sheriff says lawenforce- tion of animation studio BISMARCK,N.D.—A Mondaybyconserva- versions. bitten by guard dogs and ment officers witnessed Pixar in 2006,justmonths North Dakota stateinspec- tive bloggerRob Port that In earlySeptember, at least30people were one of the security guards after he became CEO. tion of an oilpipeline site sevenstate archeologists Standing Rock Sioux of- pepper-sprayed. beingcarried by protesters With Disney’s largest has found no sign of the inspected the 1.3-mile sec- ficials saidcrews bull- TheMorton County forabout 100 yards. The business —cable TV —los- Native American artifacts tionalong therouteofthe dozed several sites of Sheriff’sDepartment is guardwas treated for mi- ingviewersandfacingmore or humanremainsthatan $3.8 billion Dakota Access “significantcultural and leading the probe of the nor injuries by paramed- competition fromonline AmericanIndianTribe pipeline in southern North historic value” on private Sept. 3incidentatthe con- ics. No arrests were made. videoservices, Iger hasin- says are present, the state’s Dakota. Thememo said land, whichDallas-based struction site nearthe Picha did notreturn vestedintechnology-related chiefarchaeologistsaid in onlysomeanimal teeth pipelinebuilderEnergy Standing Rock Indian Res- callsMondayabout the media businesses,includ- adraft memo. and bone fragments were Transfer Partners denies. ervation. memo. ing the Hulu video stream- TheStanding Rock found during thesurvey It led to aclash between In an incidentonSun- Thestate Historical ing service,digital media Siouxtribe hadcited thepo- last week. protesters and private se- day, Morton County Sher- Society and the Morton companyVice and Major tential forburialgrounds Historical Society curity guards hiredbythe iff Kyle Kirchmeiersays CountySheriff’s Depart- League Baseball’sBAM- and other artifacts as ama- spokeswoman Kim Jon- pipelinecompany. Law about200 peoplecon- mentdeclined to release Tech,whichprovidesthe jorreasontoleadprotests dahl confirmed the con- enforcementofficials said fronted about 30 security thememo,saying it was platformfor online video that have stymied comple- tents of the memo but said four security guards and guards at aconstruction part of an ongoing investi- servicessuch asHBONow. tionofthe project. it was“afirstdraft of an twoguard dogs received site.The sheriff yssa allbut gation by lawenforcement. Chinese company Ruling faceschargesover favors N. Korea sanctions credit

ASSOCIATED PRESS thatcould one daystrike card the U.S. mainland. WA SHINGTON —The Lastweek, Chinese au- JusticeDepartment on thoritiessaid they were giant Monday unsealed criminal investigating Hongxiang, chargesagainstaChina- based in Dandong,anorth- NEWYORK TIMES based companyand four of eastern city on the North itsexecutivesfor conspir- Korean border. American Express will ingtoevade U.S. economic Police and China’sfor- be able to prevent busi- sanctions thattargetNorth eign ministrysaid the nesses from pushing cus- Korea’snuclear weapons companywas suspected of tomers toward competing and ballistic missiles pro- unspecified “serious eco- creditcards after all. grams. nomic crimes.” That was Environmental Protection Agency/AssociatedPress file On Monday, afederal Also Monday, the Trea- an unusuallyexplicitan- Startingwith2017vehicles, whichrecently beganarrivingatdealers,the formula appealscourt ruled that sury Departmentblacklist- nouncement forBeijing, wasbased on data from the2011to2016model years. American Express could ed the same firm, Dandong whosedealingswiththe stop merchants thataccept Hongxiang Industrial Northare shrouded in se- itscards from encouraging DevelopmentCo.,and the crecy, in asign of growing Lowermileage estimates ahead customers to use rivalpay- individuals.The depart- frustrationwithits tradi- ment cardsthatcharge the ment alleged in astatement tional ally. stores lowertransaction thatHongxiang has pro- Chinasignedonin for athird of newvehicles in U.S. fees. Thedecisionreversed vided financial services to Marchtothe stiffestU.N. alower court’s2015 ruling aNorth Korean firmthatis sanctions yetthatlimit ASSOCIATED PRESS people are loadingupcars carsreflectthechange.Con- that such restrictions vio- already sanctioned, Korea trade with the North. It with options such as heated sumers alsowill stillbeable lated federal antitrustlaw. Kwangson Banking Corp. hastightened controls DETROIT —Highway seats thatuse electricity to clickand seethe mileage Thedecisionisama- International concern on cross-border flows gas mileageestimates for andcreatedragonengines. undertheoldcalculation. jorvictoryfor American over Pyongyang’s nuclear of goods, butthathasn’t aboutone-third of all new They’re also runningair It’s all apart of theEn- Express, whichwants to and missile programs is allayedsuspicions that vehiclessold in the U.S. conditioning more,and vironmental Protection ensure thatits customers, deepeningfollowing its NorthKoreacan still will fall by one mile per they’redrivingfaster. Agency’squest to make the whopay higher-than-av- fifth and largest atomic test conduct illicitbusiness gallon because the govern- At leastinitially, it could stickerestimates as close erage membershipfees, do explosionthis month, its throughChina. ment has changedthe way make it hard forbuyers to to real-worldnumbers as not encounter anybarriers second this year. U.N. Security Council it calculates the numbers comparethe mileageofve- possible,said Byron Bun- to use itscards. That’s fueling worries resolutions prohibitnucle- on the window sticker. hicles from one model year ker, director of compliance TheJustice Department, thatNorth Korea is mov- ar weapons development Thechange, whichbe- to the next, althoughthe with the agency’sOffice of whichcould appeal the ingcloser to itsgoalofa by theNorth and all ballis- ginswiththe 2017 model governmentsaysitwill up- Transportationand Air ruling,had no immediate nuclear-armed missile tic missile activity. year,comes largely because date numbers soon so older Quality. comment. B4 | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | HoustonChronicle | HoustonChronicle.com andchron.com xx

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ENERGY FUTURES BLOOMBERGCOMMODITY ENERGY PRICES ETFS-$1,000INVESTED IN EACH PRICE OUTLOOK Prices in U.S. dollarsper unit forenergycommoditiesfor the Cash priceinU.S.dollarspaid at delivery forvarious Performanceofvarious index-based contract closest to delivery: commodities: investment products: ENERGY CDateOpen High LowSettleChg Unit Themedian priceofanalysts Last Pvs surveyed by Bloomberg: $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Lt Sw Crude NOV1644.62 46.20 44.43 45.93 1.45 barrel Name PriceDay Unit return return return Natural gasOCT 16 2.949 3.018 2.943 2.997 0.042 MMBtu 2016 2017 2018 UnleadedGasoline -NY1.46 1.44 gallon Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr Gasblend OCT161.38 1.42 1.37 1.40 0.03 gal Forecast Forecast Forecast North SeaBrent 45.67 44.86 barrel XLE Energy Select Se 977 1,103 1,111 Heating oil OCT161.41 1.46 1.40 1.45 0.04 gal Crude oil 43.00 54.00 60.50 W. Texas-Int. -Cushing 45.93 44.33 barrel XESSPDR Oil &Gas E957 1,012 935 Ethanol NOV161.48 1.49 1.48 1.48 0.00 gal Natural gas 2.43 3.05 3.00 NatGas -Henry Hub 3.05 3.03 MMBtu USOUSOil Fund 953 1,037 709

METALS BLOOMBERG/CHRONICLE ENERGY INDEX $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 return return return Top and bottom performers among Houston-based and other major energy companies: Performance of abasketofHouston-based and other Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr major energycompaniesoverthe past 12 months: IAUiShares GoldT 1,012 1,096 1,162 DAILYGAINERS DAILYLOSERS SLViShares Silver T1,039 1,276 1,278 Last % Last % 7k]$ (&&-3'&& 110 Tick Name PriceChg Volume Tick Name PriceChg Volume SOFT/LIVESTOCK/GRAIN ATWAtwood Ocn 7.19 5.0 4,895,234 CVICVR Energy Inc14.06 –4.4 1,180,400 100 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 RIG Transocean 9.52 4.6 14,682,633 HFCHollyFrontier 23.85 –3.8 4,208,076 return return return CNX Consol Enrg18.17 4.4 4,171,328 HDYN Hyperdynamics1.16 –2.5 38,986 90 Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr NBR NaborsInd 10.30 3.0 7,397,073 VLO Valero 54.29 –2.5 4,787,355 JO DJ-UBS Coffee 1,063 1,130 1,138 NE NobleCorpplc 5.58 3.0 8,790,062 TESO TescoCorp7.53 –2.3 119,357 80 CORN Teucrium Corn 1,005 862 776 EVEP EV Energy 2.23 2.8 71,941 MIND MitchamInd 3.20 –2.1 14,863 77.34 CANE Teucrium Sugar 1,081 1,373 1,767 DO DiamdOffsh 16.06 2.8 3,108,804 TSOTesoroCorp 81.85 –2.1 2,334,128 70 CATL*ETFSLiveCattle962 858 823 HLXHelix Enrgy 7.40 2.5 1,092,237 PKD Parker Drlng 2.03 –1.9 303,069 COWiPath DJ-UBS Liv 938 809 769 MUR Murphy Oil 26.65 2.2 2,826,854 LNG Cheniere Enrgy 42.90 –1.9 1,503,388 60 SAJJMAMFJDNO CIE Cobalt Intl 1.08 1.9 2,852,742 APCAnadarko58.54 –1.6 5,537,558 *TradesonLondonStock Exchange Deutsche Bank worries pull stocks down

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S&P1500 MOVERS MARKET INDEXES

Topand bottomperformersbased on one-daypercentagechangeinstock price: Dailyclose of theNasdaq Compositeindexand theS&P 500 over thepast six months: DAILYGAINERSDAILYLOSERS NASDAQ S&P500 Last 1-day1-month Last 1-day1-month 2,146.10 5,550 2,225 Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume 5,257.49 -0.9% HHS Harte-HanksInc 1.66 7.1 3.1 298,967 UTI Univ Tech Ins 1.56 –18.3 –33.9 805,756 -0.9% ATWAtwoodOceanics7.19 5.0 –12.2 4,895,234 ACOR Acorda Therpt 22.99 –15.7 –5.4 2,830,653 5,300 RIG Transocean Ltd 9.52 4.6 –5.6 14,682,633 GLF GulfMark Offsh 1.59 –12.2 –35.4 1,184,583 2,150 DBD DieboldInc 25.60 4.5 –9.6 2,253,663 BCEI BonanzaCreek En 0.87 –9.8 –0.1 3,399,048 5,050 BASBasic En Svcs 0.53 4.5 11.1 2,770,002 BABY Natus Medical 39.71 –9.7 2.6 1,792,570 FUL HB Fuller 45.36 4.5 –3.6 510,810 FNBC First NBC Bank 10.00 –9.2 –27.2 884,771 2,075 CNX Consol Energy 18.17 4.4 0.2 4,171,328 MNK Mallinckrodt 71.10 –6.8 –5.1 2,725,581 4,800 ERA Era Group Inc 7.59 4.0 1.7 63,956 SWC StillwaterMinng 12.26 –6.6 –4.8 2,025,956 CARAvis Budget 38.93 3.8 9.2 2,565,804 AKRXAkorn Inc27.42 –6.2 2.1 1,223,064 XUSSteel 19.55 3.2 –1.2 17,361,261 ENDP Endo Intl 21.99 –6.0 4.6 8,546,747 4,550 2,000 SAJJMA SAJJMA BLOOMBERGHOUSTON CHRONICLE 150 U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEXES TheBloombergHouston 150includesmajor companiesbased in Houstonand significant employers in thearea. Last Chg %Chg 52W52W Div Last Chg %Chg 52W52W Div Dailyclose andchangeinvalue forselectedstock indexes: Name Ticker PriceDay YTD LowHigh Yld Name Ticker PriceDay YTD LowHigh Yld ABM IndustriesABM 39.55 –0.17 38.9 26.50 40.47 1.67 JPMorganChase JPM65.78 –1.47 –0.4 52.50 69.03 2.92 U.S. INDEXES Amer Natl Ins ANAT119.38 –0.88 16.7 91.20 122.85 2.75 KBR Inc KBR 14.50 0.10 –14.3 11.61 19.94 2.21 IndexLast PriceChg. %Chg YTD AnadarkoPetro APC58.54 –0.96 20.5 28.16 73.87 0.34 KeyEnergy Svcs KEGX 0.04 0.00 –91.1 0.04 0.95 … Apache Corp APA59.94 –0.08 34.8 32.20 62.19 1.67 Kinder MorganKMI 21.78 –0.16 46.0 11.20 32.89 2.30 DowJonesInd. 18,094.83 –166.62 –0.9 3.8 Archrock Inc AROC 11.86 0.17 57.7 3.41 14.63 3.20 KirbyCorp KEX 59.04 –0.51 12.2 44.63 73.25 … Nasdaq Composite5,257.49 –48.26 –0.9 5.0 AT&T IncT41.14 –0.14 19.6 31.85 43.89 4.67 Kroger KR 30.08 –0.37 –28.1 30.06 42.75 1.60 S&P 500 2,146.10 –18.59 –0.9 5.0 Atwood OceanicsATW 7.19 0.34 –29.7 4.82 19.65 … LGIHomesInc LGIH 36.38 –0.19 49.5 18.74 40.47 … BBG Houston150 439.35 –2.33 –0.5 4.3 Baker HughesBHI 49.16 –0.08 6.5 37.58 58.23 1.38 Linn Energy LINEQ0.05 0.00 –96.2 0.05 3.65 … DJ US TotalStk p22,252.19 –188.12 –0.8 5.5 BancoBilbaoBBVA5.96 –0.19 –18.7 5.14 9.20 6.00 Luby's Inc LUB4.15 –0.06 –7.2 3.71 5.10 … Russell 2000 1,240.94 –13.69 –1.1 9.2 Bank of AmericaBAC 15.09 –0.43 –10.3 10.99 18.09 1.99 LyondellBasellLYB 76.49 –0.90 –12.0 69.10 98.25 4.44 Benchmark Elec BHE 24.81 0.04 20.0 18.36 25.08 … Macy's Inc M36.24 –0.38 3.6 29.94 52.48 4.17 INTERNATIONAL INDEXES BHP Billiton BHP 32.63 0.09 26.7 18.46 38.10 1.72 Marathon Oil MRO14.41 –0.08 14.5 6.52 20.44 1.39 IndexLast PriceChg.%ChgYTD BoardwalkPipeln BWP16.80 0.05 29.4 8.86 18.16 2.38 McDermottMDR 4.56 –0.03 36.1 2.20 6.00 … FTSE 100 6,818.04 –91.39 –1.3 9.2 Boeing BA 130.57 –1.21 –9.7102.10 150.59 3.34 Midcoast Energy MEP8.54 –0.21 –12.1 3.76 13.58 16.74 Hang Seng 23,317.92 –368.56 –1.6 6.4 BP PLCBP33.68 –0.28 7.7 27.01 37.53 7.13 MRCGlobalInc MRC14.52 –0.02 12.6 8.50 15.59 … MexicoIPC 47,252.54 –525.94 –1.1 9.9 BristowGroup BRS12.65 0.15 –51.2 9.17 37.19 2.21 NaborsIndstNBR 10.30 0.30 21.0 4.93 12.33 2.33 Nikkei 225 16,544.56 –209.46 –1.3 –13.1 BuckeyeBPL 70.96 –0.65 7.6 47.07 75.10 6.83 NatOilwellVarco NOV33.89 0.00 1.2 25.74 42.62 0.59 S&P/TorontoSE 14,619.46 –78.47 –0.5 12.4 C&J Energy Svcs CJESQ0.90 0.15 –81.2 0.18 6.23 … Natural ResNRP 27.43 –0.07 116.0 5.00 29.90 6.56 Cabot Oil&GasCOG 25.12 –0.39 42.0 14.88 26.74 0.32 NCIBuilding SysNCS 14.52 0.01 17.0 9.07 17.85 … Calpine Corp CPN 13.67 –0.23 –5.5 11.53 16.60 … NewfieldExpl NFX41.09 –0.55 26.2 20.84 47.56 … WHAT AU.S.DOLLAR IS WORTHIN... Camden PropertyCPT 87.29 0.81 19.5 64.01 87.53 3.44 Newpark ResNR6.63 –0.18 25.6 3.35 7.72 … CARBO CeramicsCRR 10.07 –0.20 –41.5 10.05 25.62 … NobleCorp plcNE5.58 0.16 –47.1 5.09 14.64 1.43 Valueofthe U.S. dollar in selected currencies: CardtronicsPLC CATM 43.78 0.13 30.1 28.01 48.46 … NobleEnergy NBL 33.620.60 2.1 23.77 39.85 1.19 CarrizoOil&Gas CRZO 34.78 0.58 17.6 16.10 43.97 … NOWInc DNOW19.77 –0.19 25.0 12.03 21.73 … 1-Mo 6-Mo 1-Yr CB&I CBI 27.15 0.49 –30.4 26.12 46.39 1.03 NRGEnergyInc NRG11.30 –0.23 –4.0 8.80 18.32 1.06 CurrencyLast AgoAgo Ago CenterPtEnergy CNP24.26 0.07 32.1 16.05 24.71 4.25 Oasis Petroleum OAS 9.45 0.30 28.2 3.40 14.15 … Australian Dollar 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.43 CheniereEnergy CQP28.97 –0.40 11.1 19.22 31.49 5.87 Occidental OXY69.32 –0.28 2.6 58.22 78.48 4.39 BrazilianReal3.24 3.27 3.63 4.11 Chevron Corp CVX98.78 –0.44 9.8 75.28 107.58 4.33 Oceaneering Int OII 25.10 –0.09 –33.1 24.62 48.11 4.30 British Pound 0.77 0.76 0.70 0.66 Cobalt Intl CIE 1.08 0.02 –80.0 0.77 9.43 … Oil StatesOIS 27.98 0.36 2.7 21.44 36.73 … Canadian Dollar 1.32 1.30 1.32 1.34 Columbia Pipeln CPPL 16.05 0.75 –8.2 11.24 19.49 4.93 ParPacific PARR 13.01 –0.25 –44.2 12.18 28.06 … ChileanPeso661.79 668.20 679.09 705.05 ComcastCorp CMCSA 65.81 –1.34 16.6 52.34 68.36 1.67 Parker Drilling PKD 2.03 –0.04 11.5 0.98 3.64 … Chinese Ren(yuan) 6.67 6.67 6.51 6.37 Comfort SysUSA FIX29.26 –0.04 3.0 24.22 35.00 0.96 Patterson-UTIEn PTEN 19.02 0.22 26.1 10.94 22.12 0.42 Colombian Peso 2,921.99 2,890.82 3,026.55 3,121.08 Conn's Inc CONN 10.95 –0.49 –53.3 6.54 28.00 … Phillips66PSX 79.47 –0.11 –2.8 71.74 94.12 3.17 Euro0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 ConocoPhillipsCOP 40.02 0.08 –14.3 31.05 57.24 2.50 Plains AllAmPAA 30.06 0.19 30.1 14.82 34.98 9.31 Indian Rupee66.61 67.06 66.57 66.05 ContangoOil&G MCF 9.06 –0.11 41.3 3.68 14.14 … Plains GP PAGP 12.54 0.06 35.6 4.62 19.07 7.37 Japanese Yen100.30 101.84 113.45 119.92 Crestwood Eqy CEQP 20.67 –0.05 –0.5 7.90 30.80 11.61 Powell IndstPOWL38.29 –0.54 47.1 23.00 41.10 2.72 Mexican Peso 19.9018.59 17.43 17.07 CrownCastleCCI 95.61 0.43 10.6 75.71 102.82 3.70 PROS Holdings PRO21.90 –0.16 –4.9 9.01 25.42 … Norwegian Krone 8.11 8.27 8.43 8.53 CVREnergyInc CVI14.06 –0.65 –64.3 13.01 48.37 14.22 ProsperityBncsPB52.88 –1.33 10.5 33.57 57.04 2.27 SingaporeDollar1.36 1.36 1.37 1.43 CVSHealthCorpCVS 89.92 –0.68 –8.0 86.50 106.67 1.89 QuanexBuldngPrd NX 17.49–0.06 –16.1 15.33 21.66 0.91 S. African Rand 13.71 14.37 15.48 14.06 DevonEnergy DVN39.64 0.10 23.9 18.07 48.68 0.61 QuantaServices PWR26.45 0.24 30.6 16.77 27.05 … S. Korean Won1,107.91 1,113.78 1,165.94 1,195.04 Diamond Offsh DO 16.06 0.43 –23.9 14.18 26.72 … RowanCos PlcRDC 13.56 0.20 –20.0 10.67 21.83 … Taiwan Dollar 31.54 31.68 32.65 33.09 DowChemical DOW52.13 –0.11 1.3 39.84 57.10 3.53 RoyalDutchShell RDS/A47.47 –0.50 3.7 35.80 56.41 7.92 DR Horton Inc DHI 29.92 –0.26 –6.6 22.97 34.56 1.07 SchlumbergerSLB 75.58 –0.34 8.4 59.60 83.97 2.65 TREASURIES, INTEREST RATES Dril-Quip Inc DRQ51.64 0.28 –12.8 48.88 68.69 … Service Corp SCI26.56 0.11 2.1 20.21 29.68 1.96 DXPEnterprises DXPE 25.20 –0.03 10.5 12.67 34.49 … Southwestern En SWN13.71 –0.15 92.8 5.00 15.59 … Yields forthe mostrecentlyissuedsecurities: Dynegy Inc DYN12.87 –0.10 –4.0 7.20 24.25 … SpectraEnergy SE 41.68–0.63 74.1 21.43 44.00 3.89 EnbridgeEnergy EEP 24.65 0.00 6.8 14.27 29.99 9.46 StageStoresSSI 5.48 –0.11 –39.8 4.44 11.34 10.95 Energy XXI EXXIQ 0.04 –0.01 –95.7 0.02 2.61 … Stewart Info STC45.05 –1.09 20.7 30.34 48.60 2.66 TREASURIES Enterprise ProdEPD 27.12 –0.16 6.0 19.00 30.11 5.90 SunocoLPSUN 29.75 –0.41 –24.9 22.86 40.06 11.10 YldYld EOGResourcesEOG 89.26 –0.49 26.1 57.15 95.93 0.75 SuperiorEn Svcs SPN 14.73–0.27 9.4 8.25 19.83 … Pvs1DayYld YldYld Yld EP Energy Corp EPE 3.78 0.01 –13.7 1.60 7.99 … SWest AirlinesLUV 36.87 –0.37 –14.4 33.96 51.34 1.08 Last DayNet Wk Mo 3-Mo Yr EV En PartnerEVEP 2.23 0.06 –20.6 1.60 7.99 … SyscoCorpSYY 48.88 –0.67 19.2 38.34 53.97 2.54 Bill/NoteYld CloChg AgoAgo AgoAgo Exterran Corp EXTN 14.24 –0.24 –11.3 10.83 19.36 … TargetCorp TGT67.22 –1.55 –7.4 65.50 84.14 3.57 3-month t-bill 0.19 0.17 0.02 0.28 0.33 0.37 –0.02 ExxonMobil XOM83.06 –0.39 6.6 71.55 95.55 3.61 Team Inc TISI 30.54 –0.27 –4.4 21.61 41.36 … 6month t-bill 0.39 0.39 0.00 0.49 0.46 0.37 0.07 Flotek IndstFTK 12.96 –0.07 13.3 4.90 21.15 … TescoCorp TESO 7.53 –0.18 4.0 5.13 9.77 … 2-year tnote0.74 0.76 –0.02 0.78 0.84 0.63 0.69 Fluor Corp FLR 49.14 –0.04 4.1 39.48 55.69 1.71 TetraTechTTI 5.52 –0.08 –26.6 4.62 9.44 … 5-year tnote1.12 1.16 –0.04 1.22 1.24 1.07 1.48 FMC Tech FTI27.53 0.08 –5.1 22.30 35.93 … TOTAL SA TOT46.10 –0.43 2.6 39.05 52.34 5.96 10-year tnote1.58 1.62 –0.04 1.71 1.63 1.56 2.16 Forum En Tech FET 18.28 0.07 46.7 8.47 19.32 … TransoceanLtd RIG 9.52 0.42 –23.1 7.67 17.19 … 30-year tbond2.32 2.35 –0.03 2.46 2.29 2.41 2.96 Francesca's FRAN 15.26 0.13 –12.3 9.75 19.90 … UltraPetroleum UPLMQ 4.95 –0.07 98.0 0.16 7.91 … FreeportMcMoRan FCX10.51 –0.12 55.2 3.52 14.20 … United Contl UAL49.45 –1.50 –13.7 37.41 61.87 … PRIME, FED FUNDS GenElectric GE 29.54 –0.35 –5.2 24.26 33.00 3.11 UPSInc UPS108.84 –0.37 13.1 87.30 111.83 2.87 6-month 1-year Genesis EnergyGEL 35.49 –0.15 –3.4 19.55 44.32 7.78 Valero Energy VLO54.29 –1.38 –23.2 46.88 73.88 4.42 Rate changechange GeospaceTechGEOS18.61 0.47 32.3 7.62 19.92 … VanguardNatRes VNR1.01 –0.02 –66.1 1.01 9.53 … BloombergPrime Rate 3.50 07.69 Goodrich PetroGDPMQ 0.02 0.00 –93.9 0.01 0.90 … Verizon VZ 52.15 –0.41 12.8 42.20 56.95 4.43 FedFunds Target0.50 0100.00 Group 1AutoGPI 61.80 –0.29 –18.4 47.31 89.64 1.49 W&T OffshoreWTI 1.63 0.03 –29.4 1.23 4.00 … GulfMark Offsh GLF 1.59 –0.22 –66.0 1.55 8.92 … Walgreen WBA80.68 –1.37 –5.3 71.50 95.74 1.86 HalconRes HK 8.61 0.42 –79.9 6.79 174.87 … Wal-Mart WMT 71.62 –0.73 16.8 56.30 75.19 2.79 COMMODITYPRICES Halliburton HAL 41.38 –0.46 21.6 27.64 46.90 1.74 WasteMgmt WM 63.50 0.14 19.0 48.98 70.50 2.58 Helix Enrgy SolHLX 7.40 0.18 40.7 2.60 9.07 … Weatherford Int WFT 5.51 –0.06 –34.3 4.71 11.49 … Closing values forthe most active contractofvarious commodities: Hess Corp HES47.63 0.72 –1.8 32.41 64.08 2.10 WeinRltyWRI 40.32 0.13 16.6 31.89 43.70 3.62 Huntsman Corp HUN 15.25 –0.18 34.1 7.46 18.12 3.28 WellsFargo WFC44.88 –0.86 –17.4 44.50 56.34 3.39 METALS InsperityInc NSP 73.38 –0.27 52.4 41.77 82.18 1.36 Western GasWES 52.06 0.46 9.5 25.40 54.35 6.38 Contract Last PvsDay YTD ION Geophysical IO 5.95 0.08 –21.2 2.55 12.15 … Westlake Chem WLK49.59 –0.71 –8.7 39.48 63.56 1.54 Name Date PriceClose %Chg %Chg Unit Jacobs Eng JEC50.71 0.06 20.9 34.76 55.89 … WholeFoodsMarktWFM 28.65 0.13 –14.5 27.67 35.58 1.88 Palladium DEC16696.15 706.40 –1.5 23.7 usd/oz JC PenneyJCP 9.57 –0.2143.7 6.00 11.99 … Willbros GroupWG1.80 –0.02 –33.1 1.11 3.43 … Copper DEC162.20 2.20 –0.5 1.6 usd/pd Gold DEC161,344.10 1,341.70 0.0 26.0 usd/oz BLOOMBERGHOUSTON CHRONICLE 150 MOVERS Platinum JAN171,046.70 1,060.90 –1.3 16.6 usd/oz SilverDEC 16 19.60 19.81 –1.6 39.8 usd/oz DAILYGAINERSDAILYLOSERS Last 1-day1-month Last 1-day1-month AGRICULTURE TickName Price%Chg%Chg Volume Tick Name Price%Chg %Chg Volume Contract Last PvsDay YTD CJESQ C&J Energy Svcs 0.90 19.3 145.2 2,421,467 EXXIQ Energy XXI 0.04 –15.8 12.3 499,354 Name Date PriceClose %Chg %Chg Unit GDPMQ Goodrich Petro0.02 5.7 –42.3 353,954 GLF GulfMark Offsh 1.59 –12.2 –35.4 1,184,583 LiveCattleDEC 16 1.06 1.07 –0.7 –14.8 usd/pd HK HalconRes 8.61 5.1 –25.0 764,295 KEGX KeyEnergy Svcs 0.04 –7.5 –38.6 2,322,263 Coffee DEC161.54 1.51 1.4 13.7 usd/pd ATWAtwoodOceanics7.19 5.0 –12.2 4,895,234 CVICVR Energy Inc14.06 –4.4 1.6 1,180,400 Corn DEC163.29 3.37 –2.2 –14.1 usd/bu CPPL Columbia Pipeln 16.05 4.9 18.8 5,371,097 CONN Conn's Inc 10.95 –4.3 63.4 1,109,763 Cotton DEC160.70 0.70 0.0 8.3 usd/pd RIG TransoceanLtd 9.52 4.6 –5.6 14,682,633 BBVA BancoBilbao5.96 –3.1 –1.2 1,972,742 Lumber NOV16327.10 327.10 0.0 24.9 usd/ OASOasis Petroleum9.45 3.3 –1.5 14,041,123 UALUnitedContl 49.45 –2.9 5.5 4,692,396 1k bd ft NBR NaborsIndst10.30 3.0 4.5 7,397,073 BACBank of America15.09 –2.8 –4.4 93,694,495 OrangeJuiceNOV 16 2.04 2.03 0.8 41.0 usd/pd NE NobleCorp plc5.58 3.0 –3.6 8,790,062 NR Newpark Res6.63 –2.6 –11.6 326,536 SoybeanNOV 16 9.45 9.55 –1.0 7.1 usd/bu EVEP EV En Partner 2.23 2.8 –7.1 71,941 VLOValeroEnergy 54.29 –2.5 –1.8 4,787,355 WheatDEC 16 3.96 4.05 –2.2 –22.0 usd/bu xx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | B5 TECHNOLOGY Ex-Verizon worker

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Aloft from page B1 Central Business District, hotel likeAloft has been according to the Houston “sorely lacking”down- weekends. Forthe bar and Downtown Management town. rooftoppool,the company District. “There’snoquestion hopes to capturewhatit They include the 1,000- thatoil affects the Houston sees as acaptive downtown room Marriott Marquis, market, but in our situa- audience: agrowing resi- the Hotel Alessandra, Le tion it is reallydifferent,” dentialpopulationofyoung Meridien, AC Hotelby Frankssaid. “This particu- professionals lookingfor Marriottand the Hampton larbrandofhotel is some- newplaces to hang out. Inn/Homewood Suites. thing Houston has been Long ignored by most Other properties have re- needing for along,long residential developers, centlyopened or are being time.” theurban core is nowfill- renovated, in part, in antic- Federaland statetax ingwiththousands of new ipation of the Super Bowl creditshelped finance the upscale apartmentsinone in February. $30 million-plus redevel- of the biggest revitaliza- Butaslow oilprices de- opmentofthe Stowers Elizabeth Conley /Houston Chronicle tions thearea hasever press the local economy, building,now 11 stories Aking-size bed is in aroom at theAloft HoustonDowntown. The hotel will have seen. There are some 3,600 hotel occupancy and room with the additionofthe systemslikekeyless doorsthatcan be opened withaswipe of asmartphone. residents within the cen- rate revenueacrossthe rooftop pool. tralbusiness district, and Houston area have slipped. Though the building’s thatnumberisexpectedto Demand has fallen from design weighs heavilyto- mandate, the hotel will willhear “lift” insteadof rooms will have weekday triple overthe next several when the energy industry ward amodern aesthetic, have systems likekeyless elevator,“WC”insteadof ratesofbetween $249 and years. wasbooming and visitors such vintage touches as an doors thatcan be opened restroom and“tactic”in- $269 and between $149 and Newhotelsabound, were abundant. original staircase, crown with aswipe of asmart- steadofconference room $169 on the weekends. too.Inaddition to Aloft, William Franks, vice molding and copper pip- phone. from itsemployees or,rath- 1,965hotel rooms are un- presidentofdevelopment ingremain. Aloft even hasits own er,its “talent.” [email protected] derdevelopment in the for the newproject, said a With atech-savvy speciallanguage. Guests Theproperty’s168 twitter.com/nsarnoff PurolatortomoveworktoN.C. Coal mining found

Purolator from page B1 more efficient, he said. and customer service will remain In addition to polymer filtra- in Houston and work from alo- in 40 Texas counties cision andhas been taken with tion,Purolator EFP designs, cal warehouse owned by Clarcor, considerable reviewofall the engineers and manufactures the parentcompanyofPurolator CoalfrompageB1 ishplanthas always used Pow- factsregarding the currentbusi- specialty wire clothparts for Advanced Filtration Group.This derRiver Basin coal. ness climate and the persistent the automotive,electronic and facility will also be used to store Jewett, whichisbetween Hous- “This is averydifficult deci- and ongoing challenges in our consumer markets. After the products. tonand Dallas. NRGisswitch- sion and one thatwedon’t take end markets,” Robb Junker,pres- Houston closure,Purolator EFP Another handful will remain ingfrom lignite to more efficient, lightly,”NRG spokesman Dave identofGreensboro,N.C.-based will have six facilities aroundthe on staff throughJune, at thelat- cleanercoal fromthe Powder Knoxsaid Mondayinastate- Purolator Advanced Filtration world. est, to prepare the property,at RiverBasin in Wyoming. ment.“NRGcomprehensively Group, wrote in aletter to Mayor Laid-off employees willre- 8733Daffodil, for itsreturn to the In the letter,the Colorado- evaluatesthe fuelsourcesfor Sylvester Turner. ceiveseverance packages,Fred- landlord. based coal companysaid it “will each plantfor anumber of crite- FredericksaidNorth Caro- ericksaid. They can applyfor po- “We’re confident thatthe deci- be forced to cease production ria. Powder RiverBasin coal is lina waschosen overHouston sitions in North Carolina. sion we’vetaken will mean suc- operations at the Jewett Mine by currentlythe mostcompetitive because the companyowns that He described this as a“difficult cess for our business in the days the end of the year and terminate option for Limestone.” facility,while it leases space in decision that we neededtomake ahead,” Fredericksaid. the employmentofits workforce Knoxnoted that Texas coal Houston. for our business.” there.Weregretthisaction, but it plants are at adisadvantage be- Equipmentinthe North Car- Afew of the company’sHous- [email protected] is unavoidable.” cause of lownatural gas prices olina facility is also newerand ton employees working in sales, twitter.com/andrearumbaugh TheJewett Mine is described andalackofincentivesinthe as a35,000-acre surfacemine Texaspower markettokeep complex. Themine,whichisone strugglingplants running. of the largest in Texas, produced NRGwillworkwithWest- Wells Fargodenies allegations about 5.3 million short tons of moreland to restore the area to coal ayear, according to the U.S. itscondition before the mine DepartmentofEnergy. opened. in former employees’lawsuits AlthoughTexas is known Thedecision comes justbefore more foroil and gas, the Lone PresidentBarack Obama’spro- Wells from page B1 go settled the casethis month, pany’sethicshotline. Star Statehas active coal mining posedClean PowerPlan is debat- agreeing to pay$185million in Threedayslater,hewas fired in about 40 counties, according ed in court. Theplan is intended types of illegalpractices,they fines, including a$100 million for “not meeting expectations,” to the Railroad Commission. The to reduce emissionsatpower just booted youout the door and penalty levied by the Consumer he said. Broke,Johnson was onlybiggercoal mines than Jew- plants, especiallycoal-burning replaced you.” Financial Protection Bureau, the evicted from his house,hesaid. ett in Texas are the KosseStrip facilities. In astatementonMonday, federalwatchdogagency that Johnson, whonow worksasa and Three Oaksmines owned by Butenvironmental rulesare Wells Fargosaid: “Wedisagree conducted itsown investigation. writer,said he hadstepped for- Dallas-basedLuminant, based not the reason coalplantsare with the allegations in the com- Butsome Wells Fargoemploy- ward at his mother’s urging: “She on Energy Departmentproduc- struggling or closing,saidThad plaintand will vigorously defend ees tried, years earlier,tosound waslike, ‘Yourstory needs to be tion data. TheKosse mine is justa Hill,CEO of Houston-based Cal- againstthe misrepresentations it the alarm —withpersonallydi- told. Yo ugot fired because you little west of Jewett and the Three pine,whichisthe owner of the contains about Wells Fargoand sastrous results. tried to do the right thing.’” OaksmineisnortheastofAustin nation’slargest fleet of natural all of the Wells Fargoteam mem- Christopher Johnson,38, a Russell also losthis home af- by Rockdale. gas-fired powerplants. Because bers whosecareers have been plaintiff in thews la uitfiled on ter he losthis Wells Fargojob. But, early this year,Luminant, of theshale boomand plenti- built on doing the right thing by Monday,said he hesitated to get Unable to find anew position in aDallas powergeneration com- ful supplies of natural gas, coal our customers everyday.” involved in the legal case because the industry, he nowworks part pany, closed threesmall North plants can’t compete on costs. Oneformeremployeeplan- it brought back memories of “a time for achurchinCosta Mesa, Texasmines to switch to Powder “It’sbeenaneconomicchoice,” ning to join the lawsuit is Dennis very darktime in my life.” He Calif., helping with itsoutreach RiverBasin coal. not an environmental one,Hill Russell,62, whosaid he wasfired wasfired in 2008 after working programs for the homeless. Limestone is oneofNRG’s said Monday. in 2010 after afive-year career as for WellsFargo for fivemonths. Lastweek,hewatched —in twomajor coal plants in Texas, atelephone banker at Wells Far- In trainings,the company disbelief,hesaid —asStumpf including the W. A. Parishplant [email protected] go’s call center in OrangeCounty, repeatedlyemphasized the im- wasgrilled by the Senate Bank- southwest of Houston. ThePar- twitter.com/jdblum23 Calif.Russell handled incoming portance of itsethics codeand ing Committeeand insisted that customer service calls and was urged employees to call itscon- WellsFargo neverwanted itsem- expected to refer 23 percentofhis fidential hotline if they observed ployees to do anything unethical callers to asales representative anything inappropriate. But to meet their sales goals. for additional product sales, he justtwo weeksafter he started “It’sacrock,”Russell said. said. workingasabusiness banker in “Theyestablished the culture Butthe customers Russell aWells FargobranchinMalibu, thatmadethis happen —itcomes spokewithwere usuallyindire Calif., his managerbegan pres- down from the top.” financial shape, he said Monday. suring himtoopen accounts for AlthoughWells Fargosettled Looking at theiraccounts, he his friends and family —with the civil cases with LosAngeles could see mortgagesinforeclo- or withouttheirknowledge, andits federal regulators, more sure,creditcards in collections Johnson said. When he refused, falloutcould be coming.Rich- andcars being repossessed for he wascriticizedfor not being a ard Cordray, the director of the overdue loan payments. team player. Consumer Financial Protection “The peoplecalling didn’t Johnson soon learned thathis Bureau, strongly hinted thatthe have assets to speak of,” Russell colleagues routinely opened un- agency hadreferred the case to said.“What products could you authorized accounts for custom- otherfederalbureaus for crimi- possibly offer them in alegiti- ers whothey thought wouldn’t nal investigation. mate way?” notice,likeelderly clients or On Thursday, the House Fi- Thetwo freshlawsuitsecho those whodidn’tspeak English nancial Services Committee many of the allegations in a2015 well.Disturbed by this practice, will hold itsown hearing on the Forrest M. Mims III lawsuit filed by the LosAngeles he didashewas instructed dur- scandal. Stumpf plans to appear, NRGEnergyisswitchingtolow-sulfurcoal withless carbon city attorney’soffice. WellsFar- ingtraining and called the com- WellsFargo said. emissions than this Texaslignite, commonlycalled browncoal. xx Houston Chronicle | HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com | Tuesday, September 27,2016 | B7 BUSINESS U.K. CEOs consider moving,survey says

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Skies will remain Sunrisetomorrow 7:12 a.m. mostly cloudy through Moonrise today 4:07 a.m. Moonsettoday 5:23 p.m. the evening hours, NORTH AMERICATODAY Forecasthighs and location of weathersystems at 3p.m. Vancouver L INTERNATIONAL becoming partly cloudy <-0s Calgary Saskatoon COASTALFORECAST 0s TodayTomorrow Seattle Regina Winnipeg overnight. 10s Thunder Bay Africa GALVESTON BAY : L Ottawa Montreal Cairo 87/69/s 89/70/s Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots Portland 20s Helena Cape Town 60/49/r 63/50/pc becoming north 5to10knots 30s Bismarck Boston Casablanca 82/67/pc 88/69/s Boise Toronto in the afternoon. Tonight: 40s St. Paul Dakar 86/79/s 86/79/pc New York North winds 5to10knots. 50s Johannesburg 79/55/s 77/47/pc Sioux Falls Madison Detroit Lagos 85/75/ts 85/75/ts 60s Philadelphia Asia/Pacific MATAGORDA SHIP San Francisco H Cheyenne 70s Des Moines Chicago Beijing 73/50/s 69/47/s CHANNEL TO HIGH ISLAND OUT 20 TO 50 MILES : 80s Salt Lake City Indianapolis Wash., D.C. 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Thunder- Monterrey Warmfront Edmonton 58/35/pc 58/39/pc weather at Eric Berger’sSciGuy storms Gulf of Havana BraysBayou South Main Mexico Montreal 69/49/pc 68/49/pc 54 16.7 0.0 blog. blog.chron.com/sciguy Toronto 67/60/pc 67/59/pc Brazos River Bryan 43 11.1+0.5 Coldfront Snow Vancouver 62/49/s 62/46/s Hempstead 50 14 -0.3 Cancun Winnipeg 58/40/pc 64/44/s METROAREA Pacific Guadalajara Tampico Richmond 48 13.8 -0.2 Stationary Ocean Merida Europe PineyPoint 5029.3 -0.4 OUTLOOK front Ice Amsterdam 70/62/s 68/61/pc TODAY: Cloudy, aslight Athens 77/61/pc 78/59/s ShepherdDr. 23 2.3 -0.4 Caribbean Sea chance for afew showers. Mexico City Veracruz Berlin 73/56/s 69/58/pc ClearCreek Friendswood 12 1.5 -0.6 Belize City Highs in the mid-80s. Copenhagen 65/57/pc 64/57/pc Colorado R. Austin 29 11.4 -0.8 Acapulco Anchorage Honolulu Dublin 63/54/pc 71/53/pc Bastrop 25 3.2+0.2 TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows Frankfurt 72/51/pc 74/54/pc La Grange 32 8.6+4.9 Tegucigalpa in the upper 60s. Guatemala Geneva 70/49/pc 75/51/s Columbus 34 0-11.1 Istanbul 68/61/r 72/60/pc Wharton 39 8.6 +0.1 Forecasts, graphics and data provided by ©2016, The Weather Company, LLC London 71/54/cd 74/61/s AIR QUALITY Madrid 85/59/s 81/55/s BayCity 44 5-0.2 FOR THE RECORD TEXAS NATIONAL cont. Moscow 50/41/cd 49/37/cd GreensBayou Eastex Fwy. 61 40.6 +1.5 Today’sforecastfor Paris 71/57/pc 75/58/pc Guadalupe R. Hunt 12 8+0.1 theentiremetro area: Measurementstaken at George TodayTomorrow TodayTomorrow Prague 69/51/s 70/55/pc Comfort 26 3.7+0.3 Bush Intercontinental Airport Abilene 77/56/pc 85/58/s Cleveland 70/51/pc 64/50/ts Rome 78/57/s 78/55/s SpringBranch 36 2.9+0.2 Temperature Degrees F Amarillo 79/50/s 83/49/s Columbus, OH 72/50/s 66/49/ts Stockholm 65/52/pc 60/46/r NewBraunfels72.7+0.4 High yesterday 84° Austin 79/63/cd 86/63/pc Denver 81/49/s 79/51/s Vienna 71/47/pc 74/58/s Gonzales 31 12.9 0.0 Ozone watch Beaumont 85/67/pc 88/65/pc Des Moines 69/47/s 64/48/pc Warsaw 63/40/s 68/55/r Cuero 20 9.2 0.0 Lowyesterday 73° Brownsville 85/72/sh 88/74/sh Detroit 68/50/pc 64/51/ts Zurich 66/47/r 71/48/pc Good Unhealthy Normal high 87° Bryan/Col. St. 82/64/cd 87/64/pc Duluth 53/46/sh 62/47/pc Latin American/Caribbean Victoria 21 7.6 0.0 Dupont 20 13.1 -0.1 Moderate Very unhealthy Normal low 67° Corpus Christi 85/74/ts 88/74/pc Fairbanks 45/30/pc 47/35/r Bogota 68/47/pc 68/47/r Record high 99° in 2005 Dallas/FW 80/61/pc 87/62/s Great Falls 82/48/s 68/48/pc Buenos Aires 73/57/s 69/50/pc LittleRiver LittleRiver 30 3.1 +1 Unhealthy/ Hazardous Record low 49° in 2000 El Paso 74/54/pc 81/58/ts Hartford 74/51/sh 69/52/sh Caracas 81/66/ts 80/65/r Cameron 30 3.1 +0.1 sensitive Precipitation Inches Galveston 83/76/ts 85/76/pc Honolulu 88/74/pc 88/74/pc Havana 86/71/ts 89/72/ts Navasota R. Easterly 19 5.1 +1.8 groups Yesterdaythrough 4p.m. 0.07" Kingsville 87/71/ts 90/71/pc Indianapolis 70/48/s 65/48/sh Kingston 91/81/pc 92/81/s Neches River Evadale 19 6.9 -0.2 Laredo 81/68/cd 88/72/pc Jackson, MS 84/58/pc 85/58/s Lima 67/62/pc 68/62/s Month to date 1.68" Rio 75/65/pc 77/66/pc Pine Island B. Sour Lake 25 11.6 0.0 Longview 81/58/pc 88/59/s Juneau 51/40/sh 53/37/sh SabineRiver BonWier 30 16.7 -3.4 POLLEN AND MOLD Normal month to date 3.61" Lubbock 77/52/pc 83/54/s Kansas City 76/51/s 68/47/s San Juan 91/77/sh 91/79/sh Year to date 55.25" McAllen 86/72/sh 90/72/sh Las Vegas 89/69/pc 88/69/ts San Salvador 86/65/pc 86/66/pc Deweyville 24 22.4 0.0 Yesterday’sreadingsbythe Normal yeartodate 35.48" Midland/Od. 76/54/pc 83/59/pc Little Rock 80/57/s 83/55/s Santiago 79/51/s 74/45/s Orange 42.1 -0.2 City of Houston: Other readings San Angelo 76/54/pc 85/58/pc Los Angeles 88/64/pc 78/64/pc Sao Paulo 69/53/s 78/57/s Burkeville 43 13.4 -4.5 Countpercubicmeterofair Topwindspeed 12 mph San Antonio 79/65/cd 85/65/pc Memphis 78/58/pc 80/57/s St. Thomas 89/80/r 92/81/s San BernardR.E.Bernard 17 6.6 -0.1 Tree pollen None 0 High barometer 30.07 in. Texarkana 82/57/pc 87/58/s Miami 88/76/ts 89/77/ts Mexico Sweeny 16 12.1 -0.2 Acapulco 90/76/ts 93/77/pc Weed pollen Victoria 85/67/cd 88/67/pc Milwaukee 64/49/sh 63/53/sh E.San Jac.R. Cleveland 19 4.6 +0.1 Heavy 52 Lowbarometer 29.96 in. Waco 81/58/pc 85/59/s Minneapolis 59/48/sh 64/48/pc Cancun 88/76/pc 88/76/pc Grass pollen None 0 High dewpoint 74° Nashville 77/53/s 79/51/pc Guadalajara 80/62/pc 79/62/ts W. San Jac.R. Conroe 11695.9 +1.1 Lowdewpoint 71° San JacintoR.Sheldon 10 1.9 -0.6 Moldpollen Medium 6,766 New Orleans 87/72/ts 87/69/pc Guanajuato 79/59/pc 79/59/pc Avg. dewpoint 73° NATIONAL New York City 74/62/sh 73/62/sh Mazatlan 90/76/s 90/76/pc Sims BayouTelephone Rd. 30 6.3 -0.6 Oklahoma City 80/56/s 85/53/s Merida 92/74/pc 94/74/ts TrinityRiver Goodrich 36 5.2 0.0 High humidity 96% TodayTomorrow Low Medium Heavy Ext. Heavy Lowhumidity 55% Orlando 90/73/ts 88/72/ts Mexico City 71/57/ts 70/58/ts Liberty 26 7.2 +0.1 Albany, NY 72/49/pc 67/52/sh Philadelphia 74/54/sh 75/63/sh Puerto Vallarta 89/76/ts 87/76/ts VillageCreek Kountze 20 4.4+0.5 Note: No measurementsonweek- Albuquerque 76/53/pc 78/55/pc Phoenix 90/74/pc 93/75/pc Tampico 83/76/ts 84/77/ts WhiteOak B. HeightsBlvd. 48 00.0 ends; chartsinSundayand Monday KEYTOCONDITIONS Anchorage 50/37/pc 50/41/pc Pittsburgh 67/47/pc 68/49/sh Veracruz 85/76/ts 85/76/ts papersreflect reading from previous Atlanta 83/70/ts 82/63/s Portland, OR 73/51/pc 74/49/f Middle East Friday c-cloudy r-rain Baltimore 73/54/sh 73/61/sh Sacramento 98/59/s 91/57/s Baghdad 104/70/s 100/67/s TEXAS LAKES d-drizzle rs-rain/snow Birmingham 85/58/ts 85/57/s Salt Lake City 80/54/s 81/58/pc Beirut 81/70/s 81/71/s Full Actual Release UV FORECAST f-fair s-sunny Boise 85/56/s 86/58/s San Diego 85/68/pc 81/68/pc Dubai 100/83/s 98/83/s level level cfs fg-fog fl-flurries Boston 72/59/sh 65/57/sh San Francisco 81/54/s 67/54/f Jerusalem 77/60/pc 78/60/pc 909 909.1 211 Buffalo 67/50/sh 71/53/sh Santa Fe 75/44/pc 77/50/pc Canyon Dam h-hazy sh-showers Kabul 90/60/s 88/59/s Conroe 201 200.9 0.0 1234567891011 i-ice sn-snow Charleston, SC 84/72/ts 84/67/ts Seattle 68/49/sh 67/48/pc Mecca 110/82/s 107/82/s Charlotte 83/63/ts 80/57/sh St. Louis 77/55/f 70/51/pc Riyadh 104/73/s 104/73/s Houston 41.73 42.4 0.0 Very mm-missing ts-thunderstorms Chicago 66/50/pc 63/54/ts Tucson 83/65/ts 88/67/pc Tehran 88/66/s 87/63/s Lake Travis 681 680.5 1929 LowModerateHigh high Extreme pc-partly cloudy w-windy Cincinnati 73/50/s 69/48/ts Wash., D.C. 74/59/sh 73/63/sh Tel Aviv 83/70/pc83/69/pc Livingston 131 42.4 979 Lands’End CEOleaves after less than 2years

ASSOCIATEDPRESS growth opportunitiesthat existfor our iconic brand DODGEVILLE,Wis. — in this dynamic retail envi- TheCEO of Lands’ End, ronment,”Linden saidina recruited from theNew statement. Yo rk fashion house Dolce Marchionni’s ten- &Gabbanainabit of a urehad,attimes,been culture clash, has stepped strained. Herdecision to down after less thantwo feature feministand abor- years on the job. tionrightsadvocate Glo- FedericaMarchion- riaSteineminaLands’ ni wasbrought to the End catalog drewthe ire Dodgeville-based com- of somecustomerswho panywithits button-down flooded the company’s shirts and casual clothing Facebook page with com- inFebruary 2015. Herem- mentsand caused twopri- ploymentagreementspec- AssociatedPress file vate religious schoolsto ifiedthatshe would not Federica Marchionni’s stop purchasing uniforms have to move to the small tenure withLand’s End from the company. southwestern Wisconsin hadbeen strainedattimes. city and thather primary Public apology workplace would be in operatingand financial Steinem hadbeen inter- NewYork. officer,asco-interim chief viewedbyMarchionni for Thecompanysaid Mon- executive officers. theLands’ End“Legend daythatMarchionni’s de- Aglobal executive Series,” whichfeatures parture waseffective im- searchfirm has been hired people “who have made a mediately. to assistwithidentifying a difference in both theirre- permanentCEO,the com- spective industries and the ‘Itistime’ panysaid. Thesearchwill worldatlarge,”according “The board of directors consider internal and ex- to the company. Thecom- and Ihaveagreeditistime ternal candidates. pany issued apublic apol- for others to bring Lands’ Josephine Linden, ogyand removedSteinem Endintothe future,” Mar- board chairman, said Mar- from itswebsite. chionni said in astate- chionni has helped Lands’ It has been aroughpe- ment. End transform by offer- riod formanytraditional TheLands’ End board ing merchandise thatwas retailers, and Lands’ End appointed Joseph Boitano, more relevant to shoppers. is no exception. Annual executive vice president “Federica is stepping sales have fallen for four and chief merchandising down at this time,leav- consecutive years and net and design officer, and ing Lands’ End well po- income for two. James Gooch, executive sitioned to continue its Thecompanylostmon- vicepresidentand chief evolutionand capture the ey in itslatestfiscal year.