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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

Byron L. Brown
October 21, 2016

Halloween is right around the corner, which means that children are preoccupied with putting the finishing touches on their costumes and computing the fastest routes […]

Drew Shirley
October 14, 2016

Is a city in Texas required to designate an “official newspaper,” and if so, would the city would be required to publish notices in a […]

Timothy Kirwin
October 7, 2016

I am a City Attorney first and foremost. Today, I want to tell you what a City Attorney is not. The City Attorney is not a […]

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