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Resident raises Open Meetings Act and public‑records concerns over courthouse construction communications
Summary
A local resident told the commissioners court he filed an open records request for communications between commissioners and Teal Construction and warned that private communications to influence court decisions could violate the Open Meetings Act.
Jeff Hutt, a resident, told the Aransas County Commissioners Court he had submitted a public‑records request for communications between commissioners and Teal Construction and warned that private communications to influence a court decision could violate the Open Meetings Act.
"My job is not to make your life easy. It's to try to hold you accountable," Jeff Hutt said during the public comment period. Hutt said he was concerned about the…
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