Monthly Archives: August 2016
Free Speech and the Texas Open Meetings Act: Wide Open Country
“Do I have to sit here and take this?” After a particular contentious city council meeting over a public golf course, during which insults about making sandwiches where hurled at a councilmember who happened to own a Subway sandwich shop, he asked me that question. Though sandwich making has nothing to do with the… Read More »
Texas Municipalities Await a Hard and Fast Rule Against Releasing Dates of Birth under PIA
The very first section of the Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) states that “each person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at all times to complete information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees.” Our concern at the moment is with the part that says… Read More »
Selling a House in Texas with Lease Options is a Nuanced Process
Selling a house in the state of Texas does not always need to be an outright, simple sales transaction. Still, some people in the market, as either a buyer or seller, wonder if it is even legal to arrange for a rent to own deal for a residential property in this state. The short… Read More »
What Does a City Attorney Do?
What does a City Attorney do? Sounds Kind of Boring! At dinner parties and social gatherings, people often ask, “what do you do for a living?” This is not an easy question to answer. I am a private practice attorney who spends the majority of my day representing multiple public municipalities (i.e., cities) in and around… Read More »