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Collection firm: texting campaign and fewer referrals produced higher municipal-court collections
Summary
Linebarger representative Sonia Gonzalez told the Del Rio council that total collections rose 26% despite a 68% drop in new referrals; the firm sent 20,746 text messages Apr–Dec 2025 at no cost to the city and emphasized that decisions to remove citation debts rest with the Finance Department and Municipal Court.
Sonia Gonzalez of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP presented the firm’s delinquent municipal court fees and fines collection report to the Del Rio City Council on Feb. 10.
Gonzalez said the firm’s texting initiative, launched in April 2025 in coordination with the Del Rio Municipal Court, sent 20,746 text messages between April and December at no cost to the city because the firm absorbed the expense.…
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