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AG says Tyler jail proponents can't keep plans secret

Via the blog for the What Part of No Don't You Understand Committee, we learn that Texas Attorney General Greg Abott ruled against the Smith County Commissioners Court who inexplicably wanted to keep secret detailed plans for the jail being proposed to voters on the ballot just 24 days from now. Today the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported that:In a letter to Smith County Assistant District Attorney Stan Springerley, who advises the Commissioners Court on actions taken by the court, the attorney general's office threw out Springerley's argument that "executive session will be necessary to 'ensure that there are adequate security features for the new facility'" and ruled that the requested information "must be released."I can't believe the commissioners court is fighting them on this: Newspaper articles about secrecy three weeks before election day do nothing but harm to the jail builders' cause...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 10, 2008 (boomark / email).