11th hour bankruptcy filing cancels auction of secretly stored African Art in Harris County
KPRC 2 Investigates uncovered the secretly stored art in a Harris County maintenance shed. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent to makeover the shed and store art under the control of Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
Investigation ramps up into African art stashed in tax-payer funded shed in Harris County
HOUSTON โ Law enforcement officials are ramping up their investigation into a stash of African artwork that is being stored on the Harris County taxpayersโ dime. โWho has the keys to all this,โ KPRC 2 asked Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellisโs team earlier this year. What do you have to say to Harris County taxpayers about this?โ asked KPRC 2 investigator Mario Diaz. โWe have to get rid of special treatments for special groups,โ said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on July 31. โIโve gotten Chris Feldman, an attorney, to go review it to see what recommendations he can put in place,โ Ellis told KPRC 2.