Lost in the controversy over whether city council violated the Texas open meetings law when they held an emergency meeting to discuss the Lincoln Center situation is what else the city might have done instead of suing Texas.
Unfortunately our city resorts to lawsuits when issues could be handled without going to court. To add insult to taxpayer injury they typically use out of town law firms.
Phone call
In this case a simple phone call might have sufficed. The mayor (or the acting city manager) could have called the retired general in charge of TxDOT and explained our situation. We could have asked TxDOT to stand down for 30 or 60 days while the city figured out if they would buy the building.
TxDOT did stand down after they were served with the restraining order.
Did we have to declare war before trying to come to a peaceful resolution?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Or someone could have simply spoken to Ted Houghton, the El Pasoan who is Chair of the Texas Department of Transportation.
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