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Public has right to hear Dallas City Council discussion

FOIFT2014-01-14T03:02:07-06:00

The Dallas Morning News Originally published Oct. 21, 2013 The Dallas City Council plans to meet behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss city staffers’ questionable activity impeding the local launch of Uber, an online car service. The public has a right to hear this discussion, in spite of the twisted rationale cited by Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Attorney Warren Ernst to keep it closed. Uber allows customers to use a mobile phone app to summon independent, licensed limousine drivers. That puts Uber in direct competition with traditional taxi companies like Yellow Cab. It’s easy and quick, though often more expensive. [...]

Public has right to hear Dallas City Council discussionFOIFT2014-01-14T03:02:07-06:00

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigation

FOIFT2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 22, 2013 After years of simmering tension, a slate of long-awaited hearings that begin Tuesday may advance the ball toward potential resolution of a yearslong feud between the University of Texas System, its flagship institution and the Legislature. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations will, for the first time, hear public testimony from witnesses regarding its ongoing investigation of Regent Wallace Hall, which may conclude with articles of impeachment being filed against him. If Hall were to be impeached, he would be the first nonelected [...]

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigationFOIFT2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

YISD trustees question board president’s actions

FOIFT2013-10-18T20:44:06-05:00

By Alex Hinojosa El Paso Times Originally published Oct. 18, 2013 Trustees of the Ysleta Independent School District are questioning whether the board president's recent actions to recess during a heated argument at a district board meeting violated the Texas Open Meetings Act. Earlier this week, Trustees Shane Haggerty, Ana Dueñez and Connie Woodruff each sent a letter to board President Patricia McLean, requesting a special meeting so that the district could address her motion for a recess during a heated argument at a board meeting Oct. 9. After McLean called for a recess, Trustee Marty Reyes seconded the motion, and [...]

YISD trustees question board president’s actionsFOIFT2013-10-18T20:44:06-05:00

Temple Daily Telegram outlines rights, responsibilities in open records requests

FOIFT2014-01-13T13:34:36-06:00

By JANICE GIBBS Temple Daily Telegram Originally published Oct. 14, 2013 Most information generated by a governmental entity, with a few exceptions, is public. “People need to remember the government works for them, we elect the government, we’re a democracy,” said Kelley Shannon, executive director of Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. “They should go in confidently knowing they have a right to review information they are asking for.” Any written request needs to be specific. “If it’s too broad, it doesn’t help the government official find the information you’re looking for and help you get that information,” she said. The [...]

Temple Daily Telegram outlines rights, responsibilities in open records requestsFOIFT2014-01-13T13:34:36-06:00

West conducts ‘do-over’ in city administrator vote

FOIFT2013-10-14T17:19:17-05:00

By TOMMY WITHERSPOON Waco Tribune-Herald Originally published Oct. 12, 2013 West City Council members have called a special meeting for Monday to hire a city administrator because their Oct. 1 vote did not comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act and is not valid. The council will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at West City Hall and is expected to vote — for a second time — to hire West native Shelly Nors as West’s first city administrator. The administrator, the city’s top position reporting to the council, will oversee 19 full-time city employees and focus on grant-writing, economic development and [...]

West conducts ‘do-over’ in city administrator voteFOIFT2013-10-14T17:19:17-05:00

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