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Houston Mayor Turner uses search firm to keep police chief candidates from public view

2016-06-01T13:28:59-05:00

By James Pinkerton Houston Chronicle Originally published May 31, 2016 Mayor Sylvester Turner has chosen to select Houston's next police chief through a private executive search firm, taking the position that the applications and résumés of job candidates do not have to be made available through the Texas Public Information Act. The process stands in stark contrast to that used by his predecessor, Annise Parker, who in 2010 released the applications of 26 candidates for police chief in response to a records request. "I am not going to conduct this process in the media," Turner said via email Friday. "I didn't [...]

Houston Mayor Turner uses search firm to keep police chief candidates from public view2016-06-01T13:28:59-05:00

NAACP officials sue Houston ISD over alleged Open Meetings Act violation

2014-05-08T15:02:49-05:00

By Ericka Mellon Houston Chronicle Originally published May 7, 2014 Two Houston NAACP officers filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Houston school district from turning Jones High into a specialty school without athletics or a traditional attendance zone. The suit filed by former Houston school board member Carol Galloway and James Douglas, vice presidents of the NAACP, alleges that the Houston Independent School District violated the state's open-meetings law by not giving specific enough notice of its plans for Jones High in March The meeting notice said the school board planned to consider a motion "to consolidate" Jones High [...]

NAACP officials sue Houston ISD over alleged Open Meetings Act violation2014-05-08T15:02:49-05:00
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