[Local News] Clyde Drexler "fled from television cameras" at City Hall

TMac'n · Mar 26, 2015

Like clubbing baby seals, and running!

Really a non-story involving Drexler, probably more of Debate & Discussion topic since it involves political hobnobbing and friendships with Mayor Parker. Just thought the quote was hilarious

http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...ts-over-houston-airport-concessions/70460626/

Food fight erupts over Houston airport concessions

HOUSTON -- A fight between bidders for a group of lucrative airport concession contracts came to an odd climax Wednesday. ouston City Council awarded the $1.6-billion deals to a group led by an old friend of Mayor Annise Parker.

Losing bidders bitterly complained that the process of selecting the winners was flawed and that the cozy relationships winning bidders struck with elected officials influenced the decision-making.

Among the new restaurants that will appear at Houston airports are Café Adobe, Hugo's and The Breakfast Klub. They're part of the group involved in the winning bid led by Cindy Clifford, a politically connected public relations person whose involvement in the deal became a lightning rod for negative publicity.

Just when it seemed the food fight at Houston City Hall couldn't get any zanier, a friend of the mayor who'd just won one of the juiciest city contracts of them all, Clifford was ticketed for allegedly assaulting a lobbyist outside council chambers. Then a crowd of celebratory business people involved in scoring the lucrative deal – including Houston Rockets legend Clyde Drexler -- fled from television cameras chasing them into a stairwell.

"I don't want to talk to anybody," said Clifford, surrounded by a noisy crowd and a crush of cameras outside the council chamber.

Earlier, city council members peppered Aviation Director Mario Diaz with questions about how the bids were analyzed. That's typical in these airport concession deals, as losing bidders find allies on council to raise questions about the arcane process of selecting the winners.

Council members allied with the losing bidders, which included the Pappas family restaurants, tried but failed to convince their colleagues to basically send the contracts out for rebidding.

Despite her friend's involvement in the winning bid, the mayor rejected the notion that she unduly influenced the process.

One aspect of the airport concession deal is still on hold, as city attorneys research whether a Starbucks counter inside one of the winning businesses violates a previous deal with another coffee vendor.

"I just think that we're allowed to have personal relationships with folks," she said. "And we have to rely on the process."
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Mr. Clutch · Mar 26, 2015

Calvin for commentator

vstexas09 · Mar 26, 2015

what did i just read? lol

Haymitch · Mar 26, 2015

So will we get Drexler's BBQ at airports now?

conquistador#11 · Mar 26, 2015

he didn't leave his keys to the game in the car this time.

TMac'n · Mar 26, 2015

The funny thing is imagining Clyde seeing all the commotion, and fleeing from the media into a stairwell and into a back alley.

Such a consummate professional

heypartner · Mar 26, 2015

MadMax never would have fled down a stairwell into a back alley

forget the D&D. Wonder if we can cause this thread to be moved to the GARM

B-Bob · Mar 26, 2015

I bet he put his head down when running away from the cameras. #GARM

heypartner · Mar 26, 2015

B-Bob said: ↑

I bet he put his head down when running away from the cameras. #GARM
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I actually did put my head down, B-Bob. That's how I did it back in my time. Night in and Night out. I always told the rookies, though, that you didn't want to be caught with your head down.

HaHa
HaHa

#GARM

GRENDEL · Mar 27, 2015

I imagine him running with his head down the entire time, just like the good old day....

TMac'n · Mar 27, 2015

heypartner said: ↑

forget the D&D. Wonder if we can cause this thread to be moved to the GARM
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B-Bob said: ↑

I bet he put his head down when running away from the cameras. #GARM
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heypartner said: ↑

I actually did put my head down, B-Bob. That's how I did it back in my time. Night in and Night out. I always told the rookies, though, that you didn't want to be caught with your head down.

HaHa
HaHa

#GARM
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I was considering starting the thread in the GARM, originally. But I can see how I should have.

#GARM

For those who are unaware, Clyde has a store located in Terminal C at Bush

Scionxa · Mar 27, 2015

This is about HMS Host and the Houston 8 partnership that Clyde is a part of. They won the contract.

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