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Mayor says he filed complaints alleging abuse of office in municipal-court matter; local authorities declined further action
Summary
Mayor told the town hall he filed a complaint alleging an elected official improperly influenced dismissal of a municipal citation and later entered himself as attorney of record; mayor cited alleged violations of Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02 (abuse of official capacity) and Article 2.1.105 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure; he said local and regional agencies declined to pursue the matter and returned it to the public record.
Mayor addressed the crowd to explain why a matter that had been slated for executive session was being discussed openly: because the subject involves an elected official and must be resolved in public. He said a municipal-court citation issued to a family member of an elected official was dismissed outside proper legal procedure and later returned to municipal court after review. The mayor told residents he has filed complaints alleging abuse of official capacity under the Texas Penal Code and a procedural complaint citing grounds under Article 2.1.105 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
The mayor said the local police department conducted a preliminary review and referred the matter to outside agencies; he reported that the Texas Rangers, the Grayson County district attorney’s office and the Grayson County sheriff’s office declined to pursue the matter. He characterized the issue as a matter for public accountability and said it will be on a future open agenda for the council to address. Because these are allegations raised in public comments and by the mayor, the report here presents them as the mayor’s claims and notes that he said investigative agencies declined to act.
