For those of you wondering what former mayor Julie Tandy is doing during her political hiatus:
Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
201 Main Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, TX 76102June 22, 2007
City of Keller
Officer for Public Information
1100 Bear Creek Parkway
Keller, TX 76248Re: Open Records Request
Dear Ms. Stephens:
This law firm represents Julie Tandy and makes this request on her behalf.
This letter will serve as a formal Open Records Request for any and all records available under the Public Records Information Act [sic], as follows:1. All communications including but not limited to e-mails, interoffice communications, facsimiles, reports, records, minutes, notes (stenographic, handwritten or typed), messages, memoranda, papers, logs, invoices, bills, telephone messages and any other documents by and between Councilman Jim Carson and Jack Brock.
2. All communications including but not limited to e-mails, interoffice communications, facsimiles, reports, records, minutes, notes (stenographic, handwritten or typed), messages, memoranda, papers, logs, invoices, bills, telephone messages and any other documents by and between Councilman Jim Carson and any employee, agent, representative or assign of Preferred Texas Properties, Inc. and/or Jack Brock Builder, Inc., and/or Gloria Brock Enterprises.
3. All communications including but not limited to e-mails, interoffice communications, facsimiles, reports, records, minutes, notes (stenographic, handwritten or typed), messages, memoranda, papers, logs, invoices, bills, telephone messages and any other documents by and between Councilman Jim Carson and Attorney, Ross T. Foster or any of Ross T. Foster’s partners, associates, employees, agents, representatives or firm members.
This request will specifically include any records and communications received or sent at Keller Town Hall and/or any other location.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards, Shauna J. Wright
The latest draft of my response is:
July 2, 2007
City Secretary Sheila Stephens
1100 Bear Creek Parkway
Keller, TX 76244Re: Open Records Request — Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Dear Ms. Stephens:
I have reviewed the documents in my possession in light of the Open Records Request on behalf of Ms. Julie Tandy dated June 22, 2007.
Please inform Ms. Tandy via Ms. Wright that I possess no records under the Public Information Act which conform to the specifications listed.
Though not required by any law, you may also inform Ms. Tandy that communications by and between Jim Carson and Jack Brock or any of his business associates can be generally classified as either 1) Jim Carson listening sympathetically to Jack Brock’s telling or retelling of the real or perceived wrongs perpetrated by the City of Keller—particularly City Manager Lyle Dresher—against Jack Brock, his family, and/or his property, or 2) Jim Carson and Jack Brock discussing (but not always agreeing on) methods to unseat Mayor Julie Tandy and others.
Also not required by law, I wish to inform Ms. Tandy that I have occasionally sought the legal advice of Attorney Ross T. Foster when I was unsure of the advice of Keller’s City Attorney L. Stanton Lowry, or when I considered it unreasonable to question Mr. Lowry on what might potentially be his own failure to note a violation of the City Charter. Mr. Foster’s compensation was paid entirely by Jim Carson personally, and no funds of any kind were expended by the City of Keller for his services.
Any records of aforementioned communications in my possession either 1) do not meet the definition of Public Information as defined in the Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, Section 552.002; 2) are exempt from the Public Information Act under Section 552.109, which prohibits the invasion of privacy of elected officials and those with whom they communicate; 3) are protected under Section 552.107(1) as privileged attorney-client communications; or 4) a combination of these and other laws.
Sincerely,
James H. Carson
Mayor Pro Tem, Council Member Place 4
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