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	?	Tue. Dec. 12, 2000 
		
		
		
		TODAY'S METROPOLITAN STORIES
		from the pages of the Houston Chronicle
		
		Hale: Still flying high, after all the years 
		   
		Area prepares for Arctic weather 
		The Arctic cold front playing havoc through the Midwest and North Texas 
arrived in the Houston area overnight, bringing with it the year's coldest 
weather and warnings of a treacherous freezing rain or sleet today.  
		Tips on traffic safety 
		New head of HCCS puts a lid on report 
		Bruce Leslie, who was appointed interim chancellor of the Houston Community 
College System in October, has quickly put his stamp on one of the nation's 
largest community college systems.  
		City lobby team remains up in air 
		Disgusted by the Brown administration's slowness in hiring a legislative 
lobbying team this year, Houston City Councilman Orlando Sanchez took the 
unusual step Monday of refusing to discuss the matter further in the 
committee that he heads.  
		Lee delays conversion of tax liens to housing 
		Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee, citing concerns about 
gentrification of two inner-city neighborhoods, is holding up a long-awaited 
program intended to turn tax-delinquent property into affordable housing.  
		Petition try to trim tax falls short 
		A petition effort has fallen 2,563 signatures short of the number needed to 
force an election on rolling back a 76 percent tax-rate increase by the 
Montgomery County Hospital District.  
		Groups unite to try to reduce robberies 
		Prompted by the murders of 11 convenience-store clerks during the past year, 
the city of Houston and the South Asian Chamber of Commerce have developed a 
store safety kit to help businesses prevent or safely deal with robberies. 
		Lawmakers examine education rankings 
		The state must better prepare more students for college if it wants to solve 
problems highlighted in a national higher-education report card, a group of 
lawmakers were told Monday.  
		Houston woman survives Va. trestle tragedy 
		Slave monument OK'd by Waller County panel 
		McDonald's robber gets 8 years after guilty pleas 
		HMO bailouts leave coverage gap for many 
		Marshall son testifies of inheritance promise 
		Channelview man pleads guilty in murder case 
		Banking agencies accused of targeting financier for trees 
		Missing fisherman? No, just a stolen boat 
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