‘Textbook case’ of evading open meetings law in El Paso
FOIFT2017-01-24T13:55:02-06:00By Elida S. Perez El Paso Times Originally published Jan. 19, 2017 Text messages between Mayor Oscar Leeser and city Rep. Jim Tolbert clearly show that City Council members violated state law when they cycled in and out of a closed-door meeting to discuss alternative sites for a planned $180 million Downtown arena, a Texas open government expert said. Tolbert texted Leeser on the same day that the mayor and several City Council representatives met behind closed doors with opponents of a plan to place the voter-approved arena in Union Plaza's Duranguito neighborhood. In his text, Tolbert expressed his frustration at [...]