The Chronicle’s Dan Feldstein continues his solid coverage of the Cleveland, Ohio corruption trial of Cleveland entreprenuer Nate Gray, who is the person from whom two former Houston officials — Lee Brown Administration chief of staff Oliver Spellman and building services director Monique McGilbra — testified that they took cash and gifts. A previous trial of Mr. Gray ended in a mistrial, and the retrial that resulted in the conviction began earlier this month. Earlier posts on the trial and the related investigation of Brown Adminsitration officials are here, here, here and here.
Mr. Feldstein sums up what the result of this trial means to the Houston part of the ongoing criminal investigation:

In Houston, the question is this: What did it mean when a federal prosecutor asked FBI agent R. Michael Massie on the witness stand whether the investigation was finished in Houston and Massie testified, “No”?
McGilbra admitted she took favors from five companies. Mayor Brown’s brother, Earl, was a “subconsultant” to Gray on Houston matters. Gray paid him to talk to Mayor Brown on behalf of his company, which was seeking a shuttle bus subcontract at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Although he was not a registered lobbyist as would be required, Earl Brown said he did [talk to Mayor Brown]. Former Mayor Lee Brown has denied it.

McGilbra and Spellman are scheduled to be sentenced here in Houston on their plea deals on September 2nd.