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El Paso City Council deletes proposed open records restriction

2016-03-09T17:13:23-06:00

By Elida S. Perez El Paso Times Originally published March 8, 2016 The El Paso City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to delete a controversial item that would have restricted an entire class of people from requesting city documents through the Texas Public Information Act. City Rep. Emma Acosta, who placed the open records item on the agenda, initially asked City Council to approve an item that called for "discussion and action regarding open records requests released to person(s) and/or petitioner(s) convicted of a felony and/or misdemeanor of a crime of moral turpitude." “This is about the issue of technology not keeping [...]

El Paso City Council deletes proposed open records restriction2016-03-09T17:13:23-06:00

El Paso council item to limit open records access criticized

2016-03-06T19:53:25-06:00

By Elida S. Perez El Paso Times Originally published March 5, 2016 The City Council will have what an expert said is a pointless discussion about trying to restrict a class of individuals from requesting city records through the Texas Public Information Act. “They can’t just take it upon themselves to cut off whole classes of people from requesting records,” said Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Executive Director Kelley Shannon. “They have to treat everyone equally under the law.” An item on Tuesday’s agenda, requested by city Rep. Emma Acosta, calls for "discussion and action regarding open records requests released to person(s) [...]

El Paso council item to limit open records access criticized2016-03-06T19:53:25-06:00
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