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Residents at Live Oak EDC meeting allege misconduct, mass surveillance and loss of transparency
Summary
Several residents used the public-comment period to allege misconduct by city employees, contend the city violated the Texas Open Meetings Act in rolling out a Flock camera surveillance system, and say contracting out inspections reduced public oversight.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Live Oak Economic Development Corporation’s Nov. 4 special meeting to raise allegations of official misconduct, contend the city violated the Texas Open Meetings Act and accuse the city of reducing transparency by outsourcing inspections.
"The torturous interference that the city has engaged in is absolutely diabolical," said Christina Lichtenberg, a Live Oak resident and small-business owner, alleging that a city fire marshal "falsely reported a crime that did not occur at my business" and that the city had acted to "cover up his misconduct." Lichtenberg also said the board violated the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) by failing to provide requested information within the statutory timeframe and criticized the city’s use of…
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