Questions raised about whether Collin commishs meeting with Ted Cruz violated open meetings law

[TexasTowelie]

Questions have been raised about whether a recent meeting involving a quorum of Collin County commissioners violated the Texas Open Meetings Act.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz met with a number of local elected officials on Feb. 7 at the Commissioners Court in McKinney. There was no public notice of the meeting, where water, transportation, economic development and other issues were discussed.

County Judge Keith Self, who attended the meeting with Commissioners Mark Reid and Chris Hill, said public notice wasn’t needed. “It wasn’t an official Commissioners Court meeting, and we weren’t discussing Collin County business,” Self said Friday.

He said the commissioners did not discuss issues. “There was no need for us to post [the meeting],” Self said. “The three of us weren’t going to be deliberating county business.”

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/headlines/20140214-questions-raised-about-whether-collin-commissioners-meeting-with-ted-cruz-violated-open-meetings-law.ece .

[dem in texas]

1. Collin County is the Tea Party County

Collin County is the most Tea Party County in Texas.

[TxDemChem]

2. I've always wondered, when on county property

And meeting with at least 2 other individuals, what would you talk about? If you're on the property, I'd hope you're talking about county business. Just saying.

[tanyev]

3. Heh.