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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

Appeals court hears Bexar open records case

FOIFT2013-10-10T14:54:56-05:00

By John W. Gonzalez San Antonio Express-News Originally published Oct. 9, 2013 AUSTIN — An appellate court heard clashing arguments Wednesday over Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson's long-running refusal to disclose official communications in his private email accounts. The Precinct 4 commissioner, who in 2012 was ordered by a trial court in Austin to release transportation policy-related emails sought by the San Antonio Express-News, insisted anew that the communications were not subject to the Texas Public Information Act. State and newspaper lawyers countered that the messages must be shared because they were official business. The three judges of the 3rd Court [...]

Appeals court hears Bexar open records caseFOIFT2013-10-10T14:54:56-05:00

AG’s office says legislative documents must be released

FOIFT2013-09-30T22:40:12-05:00

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office has ruled that a state lawmaker’s documents related to the American Legislative Exchange Council must be made public. The attorney general rejected requests by Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, and ALEC to withhold information related to their communications and legislation proposed by the council. The Wisconsin-based Center for Media and Democracy sought the records. The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas filed a brief in the case supporting release of the documents. With its ruling dated Sept. 25, the attorney general's office rejected claims by ALEC, a conservative think tank, that releasing the information would [...]

AG’s office says legislative documents must be releasedFOIFT2013-09-30T22:40:12-05:00

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