Ross Fischer

El Paso city spokeswoman’s records role ‘problematic’

2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

By Cindy Ramirez El Paso Times Originally published Feb. 24, 2016 An outside investigator found it "problematic" that the city's public information officer determined which documents should have been released to the El Paso Times under an open records request the newspaper filed last year. The public information officer, Juli Lozano, withheld two documents that other city officials had said were responsive to a Times request for records related to projects that were requested by City Council members, according to a report from Austin attorney Ross Fischer that was made public Wednesday. One of the documents that was withheld seems to contradict City Manager Tommy [...]

El Paso city spokeswoman’s records role ‘problematic’2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

Tarrant water district hires expert to address open government, ethics

2013-11-20T16:29:13-06:00

By Gordon Dickson Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Nov. 19, 2013 FORT WORTH — A former Texas Ethics Commission chairman has been hired to help the Tarrant Regional Water District resolve some of its problems with open-government issues. Ross Fischer, an Austin lawyer, will help the agency, which provides long-term water resources for North Texas, deal with an increasing number of open-records requests, as well as other matters related to ethics, water district general manager Jim Oliver said. “We feel it’s time to bring in an expert in open government who can guide us with these open-records requests,” Oliver told water [...]

Tarrant water district hires expert to address open government, ethics2013-11-20T16:29:13-06:00
Go to Top