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“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
CEO OF ‘STOP-ARM’ CAMERA COMPANY SAYS CITATIONS ARE Steve Miller. -. May 4, 2018. 9. The CEO of a company that is ticketing Texas motorists who are caught on camera passing stopped school buses said that his program will continue to operate and all citations are legitimate and lawful. In the case of the dissolution committee of Dallas County Schools, who has told ticketed motorists todisregard
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
CEO OF ‘STOP-ARM’ CAMERA COMPANY SAYS CITATIONS ARE Steve Miller. -. May 4, 2018. 9. The CEO of a company that is ticketing Texas motorists who are caught on camera passing stopped school buses said that his program will continue to operate and all citations are legitimate and lawful. In the case of the dissolution committee of Dallas County Schools, who has told ticketed motorists todisregard
HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INVESTIGATING FORMER DESOTO ISD DeSoto ISD is investigating “unethical practices” among high-ranking administrators who have since left the school district, according to the Dallas Morning News. Superintendent D’Andre Weaver sent a letter to staff this week informing them that he was working with the state attorney general’s office to investigate financial practices in the district. CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
SOUTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE IN HOT WATER OVER ITS South Texas school district may be in hot water over its water park. By. Mark Lisheron. -. February 1, 2019. 4. Having drawn the ire of Gov. Greg Abbott for spending $20 million on a sports and learning complex featuring a water park, the La Joya Independent School District is now asking taxpayers to shoulder a $550,000 operating lossincurred
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
$6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. VERDICT IN SERVERGY CASE A BLOW TO PAXTON PROSECUTORS Verdict in Servergy case a blow to Paxton prosecutors. The case against Attorney General Ken Paxton took a major hit Friday when the former chief executive officer of a server manufacturer was found not to be liable for six of the seven claims made against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A federal jury found Bill Mapp,the former
CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INVESTIGATING FORMER DESOTO ISD DeSoto ISD is investigating “unethical practices” among high-ranking administrators who have since left the school district, according to the Dallas Morning News. Superintendent D’Andre Weaver sent a letter to staff this week informing them that he was working with the state attorney general’s office to investigate financial practices in the district. LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
SOUTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE IN HOT WATER OVER ITS South Texas school district may be in hot water over its water park. By. Mark Lisheron. -. February 1, 2019. 4. Having drawn the ire of Gov. Greg Abbott for spending $20 million on a sports and learning complex featuring a water park, the La Joya Independent School District is now asking taxpayers to shoulder a $550,000 operating lossincurred
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
$6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. VERDICT IN SERVERGY CASE A BLOW TO PAXTON PROSECUTORS Verdict in Servergy case a blow to Paxton prosecutors. The case against Attorney General Ken Paxton took a major hit Friday when the former chief executive officer of a server manufacturer was found not to be liable for six of the seven claims made against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A federal jury found Bill Mapp,the former
CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INVESTIGATING FORMER DESOTO ISD DeSoto ISD is investigating “unethical practices” among high-ranking administrators who have since left the school district, according to the Dallas Morning News. Superintendent D’Andre Weaver sent a letter to staff this week informing them that he was working with the state attorney general’s office to investigate financial practices in the district. LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
SOUTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE IN HOT WATER OVER ITS South Texas school district may be in hot water over its water park. By. Mark Lisheron. -. February 1, 2019. 4. Having drawn the ire of Gov. Greg Abbott for spending $20 million on a sports and learning complex featuring a water park, the La Joya Independent School District is now asking taxpayers to shoulder a $550,000 operating lossincurred
THE TEXAS MONITOR
The Texas Monitor is an independent, non-profit, digital-journalism outlet reporting on public integrity in state and local government. $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under “WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of CONTROVERSIAL TRAUMA CENTER DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AFTER A company whose treatment of brain trauma using a gyroscope-like pod won the enthusiastic endorsement of former Gov. Rick Perry, $2.2 million in taxpayer funding for research, and a critical lambasting from scientists, has declared bankruptcy. JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. PASTOR SUES STATE REP. BYRON COOK, ALLEGING FRAUD HOUSTON – The executive pastor at one of the largest megachurches in the United States is accusing state Rep. Byron Cook of defrauding him on a half-million dollar investment. Mike Buster of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano filed a lawsuit in Collin County Friday against a company called Unity Resources, LLC, against the faces ofTHE TEXAS MONITOR
The Texas Monitor is an independent, non-profit, digital-journalism outlet reporting on public integrity in state and local government. $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under “WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of CONTROVERSIAL TRAUMA CENTER DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AFTER A company whose treatment of brain trauma using a gyroscope-like pod won the enthusiastic endorsement of former Gov. Rick Perry, $2.2 million in taxpayer funding for research, and a critical lambasting from scientists, has declared bankruptcy. JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. PASTOR SUES STATE REP. BYRON COOK, ALLEGING FRAUD HOUSTON – The executive pastor at one of the largest megachurches in the United States is accusing state Rep. Byron Cook of defrauding him on a half-million dollar investment. Mike Buster of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano filed a lawsuit in Collin County Friday against a company called Unity Resources, LLC, against the faces of $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, STUDY: TEXAS TOPS IN STATE SUPREME COURT ELECTION A national study on state supreme court elections points to Texas as a leader in campaign fundraising in 2016, when Justices Paul Green, Eva Guzman, and Debra Lehrmann were re-elected. The trio, all Republican incumbents on the all-Republican panel, raised a combined $4.2 million to retain their seats, the second highest amount raised by state LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. VERDICT IN SERVERGY CASE A BLOW TO PAXTON PROSECUTORS The case against Attorney General Ken Paxton took a major hit Friday when the former chief executive officer of a server manufacturer was found not to be liable for six of the seven claims made against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A federal jury found Bill Mapp, the former CEO of Servergy, liable HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to AT&T'S MOST RELIABLE SERVICE? AN ARMY OF LOBBYISTS During the final months of 2016, AT&T worked closely with McAllen city officials to bring faster internet to cell phones. Improved internet service requires improved infrastructure, and AT&T had negotiated with the Texas border town to establish a fair price for using street lights, street signs and other city property to build it. Then the CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
THE TEXAS MONITOR
The Texas Monitor is an independent, non-profit, digital-journalism outlet reporting on public integrity in state and local government. “WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. CONTROVERSIAL TRAUMA CENTER DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AFTER A company whose treatment of brain trauma using a gyroscope-like pod won the enthusiastic endorsement of former Gov. Rick Perry, $2.2 million in taxpayer funding for research, and a critical lambasting from scientists, has declared bankruptcy. PASTOR SUES STATE REP. BYRON COOK, ALLEGING FRAUD HOUSTON – The executive pastor at one of the largest megachurches in the United States is accusing state Rep. Byron Cook of defrauding him on a half-million dollar investment. Mike Buster of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano filed a lawsuit in Collin County Friday against a company called Unity Resources, LLC, against the faces ofTHE TEXAS MONITOR
The Texas Monitor is an independent, non-profit, digital-journalism outlet reporting on public integrity in state and local government. “WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. CONTROVERSIAL TRAUMA CENTER DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AFTER A company whose treatment of brain trauma using a gyroscope-like pod won the enthusiastic endorsement of former Gov. Rick Perry, $2.2 million in taxpayer funding for research, and a critical lambasting from scientists, has declared bankruptcy. PASTOR SUES STATE REP. BYRON COOK, ALLEGING FRAUD HOUSTON – The executive pastor at one of the largest megachurches in the United States is accusing state Rep. Byron Cook of defrauding him on a half-million dollar investment. Mike Buster of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano filed a lawsuit in Collin County Friday against a company called Unity Resources, LLC, against the faces of HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE FACES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT Harris County Precinct 2 Constable Chris Diaz is facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit from 11 former county employees who say he retaliated against them for revealing unethical campaign practices, KHOU reported. According to the TV station, t-shirts that Diaz passed out at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in San Jacinto promoting his re-election had been donated to a local church for victims of STATUS OF SAN BENITO OFFICERS, CHIEF STILL UNCLEAR SIX City officials in San Benito have yet to clarify the status of their former police chief and five officers involved in the fatal shooting Dec. 7 of unarmed Ricardo Treviño III. The Texas Rangers are also investigating the circumstances of the shooting, which followed a car chase on Interstate 69 and U.S. 281. Treviño, 21, STUDY: TEXAS TOPS IN STATE SUPREME COURT ELECTION A national study on state supreme court elections points to Texas as a leader in campaign fundraising in 2016, when Justices Paul Green, Eva Guzman, and Debra Lehrmann were re-elected. The trio, all Republican incumbents on the all-Republican panel, raised a combined $4.2 million to retain their seats, the second highest amount raised by state VERDICT IN SERVERGY CASE A BLOW TO PAXTON PROSECUTORS Verdict in Servergy case a blow to Paxton prosecutors. The case against Attorney General Ken Paxton took a major hit Friday when the former chief executive officer of a server manufacturer was found not to be liable for six of the seven claims made against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A federal jury found Bill Mapp,the former
HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next MARK LISHERON, AUTHOR AT THE TEXAS MONITOR Mark Lisheron. Mark Lisheron has more than 30 years of experience in newspapers and was most recently the managing editor for Reason.com. He also served as deputy editor, national reporter and Austin bureau chief for Watchdog.org. He was the founding Austin bureau chief for the bureau's predecessor, Texas Watchdog, winning the First Amendment LISTS OF “UNRELIABLE OFFICERS” PART OF ONGOING CONTROVERSY Lists of “unreliable officers” part of ongoing controversy. Activists in Harris County are asking the prosecutor’s office to release a list of police officers whose records prevent or limit their use as court witnesses, due to the officer’s unreliability. But so far Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg is relying on a string of LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
TRAVIS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR FALSIFYING In the aftermath of an investigation that revealed questionable judgment by jail staff prior to inmates’ deaths, an officer at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle was arrested Saturday for allegedly falsifying government documents and lying about checkingon inmates.
“WALKING QUORUM” LAW IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN The controversy over Texas’ prohibition of “walking quorums” by public officials heated up last week on two fronts. On one hand, McLennan County prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a local mayor because of questions over the provision’s constitutionality. Meanwhile, a possible legislative fix for those questions — already passed by the Texas House $6 MILLION DOLED OUT TO TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT SEVERANCE Texas school districts have approved $6 million in severance deals to 24 superintendents in the past 15 months, according to records obtained by The Texas Monitor. The departing superintendents submitted resignations, agreed to separations with the local school board or announced retirements, although documents show some were placed on paid administrative leave or left under UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TORPEDOES TRAVIS COUNTY DEM PARTY Rick Cofer, who was the odds-on favorite to be the next leader of the Travis County Democratic Party, has withdrawn from the running, saying that the party would be better served with a woman as the party’s boss. Cofer’s move comes as the Austin American-Statesman was looking into allegations of Cofer’s unprofessional conduct withwomen.
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY DA IN Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal dismissed a claim against Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg brought by a former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted. JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEWHURST SUED BY EX-WIFE OVER The ex-wife of former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is alleging that the former state leader failed to pay $6.7 million that he agreed to as part of their 2016 divorce. The sum includes repayment of a $2.9 million business loan she made to him and $555,000 in back alimony. DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. VANDERGRIFF FAILED TO DISCLOSE CONNECTIONS DURING TENURE Former Texas Transportation Commission member Victor Vandergriff represented a private employer before state government and worked as a mediator in transportation disputes for at least two years during his tenure but failed to disclose those potential conflicts of HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE HCC’s Dave Wilson makes new waves with website. Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to becontroversial.
ABOUT US | THE TEXAS MONITOR The Texas Monitor is an independent, non-profit, digital-journalism outlet reporting on public integrity in state and local government. Our role at The Texas Monitor is to investigate reports about improper actions of our government officials and to expose breaches of the public trust through nonpartisan, digital journalism. We also seek to highlight the good investigative JUDGE’S RULING TOSSES FLORESVILLE COUNCIL MAJORITY OUT OF A district judge has ordered a special election in Floresville for May 5 and blocked the city council from voting on any city business until then. However, his ruling has been temporarily stayed by an injunction, leaving the city’s leadership in limbo. HCC’S DAVE WILSON MAKES NEW WAVES WITH WEBSITE Perjury by Houston Community College trustees and video purportedly showing that a trustee lives outside her district were among accusations raised by HCC Trustee Dave Wilson on a just-launched website. Wilson acknowledged that his website, www.davewilsonhcc.com, was likely to be controversial. He said his goal in pointing a finger at his fellow trustees was to MARK LISHERON, AUTHOR AT THE TEXAS MONITOR Mark Lisheron. Mark Lisheron has more than 30 years of experience in newspapers and was most recently the managing editor for Reason.com. He also served as deputy editor, national reporter and Austin bureau chief for Watchdog.org. He was the founding Austin bureau chief for the bureau's predecessor, Texas Watchdog, winning the First Amendment CROSBY ISD SUPERINTENDENT BARRED FROM DISTRICT BUT PAID The superintendent of Crosby Independent School District was told he could no longer visit the district’s property, placed on administrative leave, and ordered to hand in his keys and retrieve his personal belongings as he was removed from his office last month. But he is still pocketing his more than $200,000 salary for the next DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CAUGHT WORKING ON SUPERVISOR’S Drainage District employees caught working on supervisor’s property. Jefferson County workers were caught by the Beaumont Enterprise doing work at the home of a supervisor near Fannett on Tuesday. Six employees labored outside the house owned by Jefferson County Drainage District 6 operations manager Stephen LeBlanc on Tuesday. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INVESTIGATING FORMER DESOTO ISD DeSoto ISD is investigating “unethical practices” among high-ranking administrators who have since left the school district, according to the Dallas Morning News. Superintendent D’Andre Weaver sent a letter to staff this week informing them that he was working with the state attorney general’s office to investigate financial practices in the district. MOVIE IN THE WORKS LOOKING AT A CORRUPT TEXAS COP A top Hollywood movie director will aim his klieg lights on the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, and the local police may not be lining up at the box-office. The movie is based on a true story, as well as the 2005 book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town,according to
LIBERTY HILL RESIDENT DISCOVERS UNAUTHORIZED WASTEWATER The Texas Monitor Staff. -. June 10, 2019. 0. A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators found 18 inches of wastewatersolids at the
SOUTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE IN HOT WATER OVER ITS South Texas school district may be in hot water over its water park. By. Mark Lisheron. -. February 1, 2019. 4. Having drawn the ire of Gov. Greg Abbott for spending $20 million on a sports and learning complex featuring a water park, the La Joya Independent School District is now asking taxpayers to shoulder a $550,000 operating lossincurred
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The Caldwell County district attorney has declined to prosecute charges against an assistant constable for stealing public records. Instead, the constable who brought the... BELLMEAD COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANNED TO MEET, DEFY MAYOR The Texas Monitor Staff- March 17, 2020
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Four members of the Bellmead City Council said they planned to meet Tuesday evening despite an order from the mayor that all publicmeetings...
JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION WANTS JP SAME-SEX WEDDINGS CASE MOVED TOAUSTIN
The Texas Monitor Staff- March 16, 2020
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The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is asking that a lawsuit filed by McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley betransferred from...
ANOTHER FORMER EAST HIDALGO CORRECTIONAL OFFICER JAILED ON BRIBERYCHARGES
The Texas Monitor Staff- March 15, 2020
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Amber Estrada, a former employee of the East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa, is in custody after being charged with bribery, theDepartment...
FAR-REACHING LAND CODE CASE IN THE HANDS OF AUSTIN JUDGEMark Lisheron -
March 15, 2020
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Residents and city officials are hoping for a verdict this week from a Travis County judge in a lawsuit to determine the rights of... FINANCIAL WATCHDOG FINDS BIG DEBT IN DALLAS, HOUSTON, FORT WORTHJohnny Kampis -
March 12, 2020
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Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth fared poorly in a watchdog group’s annual report examining the financial state of the country’s 75 most populous cities. The... AUDIT: TEXAS SOUTHERN GAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ACADEMICALLY WEAKSTUDENTS
The Texas Monitor Staff- March 12, 2020
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An internal auditor found that Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall Law School handed out more than $400,000 in scholarships to poorly performing students to...View More
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Houston Chronicle | March 11, 2020 THE CITY’S REWRITE OF ITS LAND USE CODE HEADS TO COURT (AGAIN) Austin Monitor | March 9, 2020 MARLIN CITY LEADERS AGREE TO COMPLY WITH GRAND JURY SUBPOENA FORFINANCIAL RECORDS
Waco Tribune-Herald | March 9, 2020 UTA PRESIDENT RESIGNED AFTER UNIVERSITY SYSTEM INVESTIGATED RECRUITING, ENROLLMENT PRACTICES Dallas News | March 7, 2020 EX-CALLAHAN CO. CHIEF DEPUTY WITHDRAWS NOMINATION FOR SHERIFF AMID STOLEN VALOR ALLEGATION KTXS | March 6, 2020 TSU OFFICIALS SAY STUDENT WHO SPARKED ADMISSIONS SCANDAL FAILED TODISCLOSE ARRESTS
Houston Chronicle | March 5, 2020 DEMOGRAPHER’S LAND CODE ANALYSIS SCRUBBED FROM AUSTIN CITY REPORT my Statesman | March 5, 2020View More
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