Sharpstown, Houston
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Sharpstown is a master-planned community in the Southwest Management District, Southwest Houston, Texas. It was one of the first communities to be built as a master-planned, automobile centered commun
A sign in a median indicating Sharpstown
Sharpstown sign from the Greater Sharpstown Management District (now the Southwest Management District)
PlazAmericas (formerly Sharpstown Center and Sharpstown Mall)
Sharpstown Mall sign
Sharpstown scandal
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The Sharpstown scandal was a stock fraud scandal in the state of Texas in 1971 and 1972 involving the highest levels of the state government. The name came from the involvement of the Sharpstown area
Sharpstown, Houston
…Sharpstown. According to Joe, once Sharpstown residents became accustomed with Asian immigrants, the opposition disappeared. Sharpstown was affected by the Sharpstown scandal. The scandal combined with a set of apartment complexes that became run-down ensured that Sharpstown became a neighborhood surrounded by crime by the…
(From left to right) House Speaker Gus F. Mutscher (D), Governor Preston Smith (D), former president Lyndon B. Johnson (D), and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes (D), at "Gus Mutscher Day" in Brenham, Texas, August 17, 1970. Within two years, the political careers of Mutscher, Smith, Barnes, and numerous other state officials would be ended by the Sharpstown scandal. President Johnson was not involved.