Home / Blog Our Blogs Demolition Plan: The Power of Cities To Destroy Buildings Drew Shirley September 10, 2016 How does a city deal with an abandoned building creating problems for neighbors? The Texas Local Government Code authorizes cities to abate nuisances created by […] Read More Free Speech and the Texas Open Meetings Act: Wide Open Country J. Grady Randle August 26, 2016 “Do I have to sit here and take this?” After a particular contentious city council meeting over a public golf course, during which insults about […] Read More Texas Municipalities Await a Hard and Fast Rule Against Releasing Dates of Birth under PIA Byron L. Brown August 18, 2016 The very first section of the Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) states that “each person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at all […] Read More Selling a House in Texas with Lease Options is a Nuanced Process Drew Shirley August 12, 2016 Selling a house in the state of Texas does not always need to be an outright, simple sales transaction. Still, some people in the market, […] Read More What Does a City Attorney Do? Timothy Kirwin August 5, 2016 What does a City Attorney do? Sounds Kind of Boring! At dinner parties and social gatherings, people often ask, “what do you do for a living?” This […] Read More Economic Development or Honey I bought a HEB J. Grady Randle July 22, 2016 Do you think public-private partnerships as an economic development tool is a new 21st century concept? Corporate welfare a creation of the 20th century? Have […] Read More Signs of the Times: How Pokémon Poses Municipal Regulation Questions Byron L. Brown July 15, 2016 Pokémon GO has descended upon the masses, and this newest iteration of Nintendo’s classic video game from the 1990s brings the monster catching hysteria to […] Read More Balancing Freedoms: Texas Open Carry Gun Law and Public Meetings Drew Shirley July 8, 2016 While the First and Second Amendments provide our constitutional rights to free speech and to bear arms, there is legal leeway for a Texas municipality […] Read More Citizens Should Engage Public Officials with Ideas to Better Their City Timothy Kirwin July 1, 2016 I recently went on a trip to San Francisco to visit a friend of nearly 20 years. While on a hike to the Golden Gate […] Read More « 1 … 36 37 38 39 »
