Home / Blog Our Blogs How May a Home Rule City Annex Land? Drew Shirley January 13, 2017 Everything is bigger in Texas, they say, and sometimes cities grow in size by annexation. Such an expansion is governed by sets of procedures under […] Read More Love it… Hate it… An Attorney’s Perspective Timothy Kirwin December 30, 2016 As 2016 draws to a close, I’m reflecting on what I love and hate, respectively, about being an attorney. Let’s start with the good part […] Read More Do Christmas Doggies Violate Deed Restrictions? Byron L. Brown December 17, 2016 Christmas is just around the corner, and many families will be opting for that classic and borderline clichéd gift-that-keeps-on-giving: a dog. Not that there’s anything […] Read More How Should a Texas Home Rule City Fill a Vacancy on City Council? Drew Shirley December 12, 2016 City attorneys are called upon to guide city councils are legal procedures and processes for host of municipal actions, including how to fill a vacancy […] Read More How to Count a Majority for Voting J. Grady Randle December 2, 2016 “How do we know its majority rule in your city?” asked an assistant attorney general reviewing a bond application for a city I represented. What? You […] Read More How Should a Municipality in Texas Terminate an Easement? Drew Shirley November 28, 2016 The most important consideration for a city that desires to terminate an easement is to avoid retaining any interest in the land, which would create […] Read More In Texas, Your Next Vote Could Be in a May Election Byron L. Brown November 22, 2016 You may have noticed that there was an election held recently, and hopefully you voted. I personally know a few people who only vote at […] Read More What Does a Texas Magistrate Do? You See People in Jail? Timothy Kirwin November 7, 2016 If you are confused by the separate duties of magistrate and judge in Texas, how bail works and when a plea is taken, there are […] Read More Why Is It So !@#$%^ Hard to Get Information out of My City? J. Grady Randle October 31, 2016 Everyone believes in transparency in government, but the rub comes in implementing it. On the federal level, Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act – […] Read More « 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 »
