Let’s get down to basics.
The City of El Paso is suing the attorney general of Texas over citizen access to public information.
El Paso taxpayer money is being spent against Texas taxpayer money. Those of us in El Paso are paying for both sides of a lawsuit, we are taxpayers in Texas too.
The lawsuit is about current and former public city officials refusing to obey Texas law and provide the citizens of El Paso with information.
Now according to elpasotimes.com one of the former public officials says that “he has emails “on hundreds of issues” having to do with city business on his personal account, but maintains he’s always acted within the law.”
Hundreds of issues
This guy just admitted that he was conducting city business regularly on his personal email account. He says that he does not have to turn them over to the citizens even though the attorney general of Texas says he does.
The city is using citizen money to fight the citizens.
The real text
The original open records request also asked for text messages containing public information sent and received from the personal devices of these officials.
These messages may be very revealing. They may show what kinds of discussions were going on between city officials during city council meetings, behind the backs of the citizens.
Open meetings are supposed to be open. The public is supposed to be able to see and hear the deliberations. One city council member passing a note to another during a public meeting is a violation of the spirit of the Open Meetings Act. It may turn out to be a violation of the law.
Public officials sending emails and text messages between members of city council during a city council meeting is rotten.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
I assume you guys would support my request for Lilly Limon’s personal correspondence after she admitted in open forum that she has lots of emails to her personal account. The city has responded to my request for this information by referring it to an Attorney for review. Looks like the city as least playing it the same for other city council members.
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Absoutely
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whoa! this kinda thing just proves how power corrupts public officials
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