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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jan 24, 2018, 10:37 AM Jan 2018

Members of Houston-area board indicted for private meetings

PASADENA, Texas -- A Harris County grand jury has indicted six people who served on the economic development board of a Texas city for violating the state's open-meetings law.

The Harris County district attorney's office said in a statement Tuesday that the six served on the board for Pasadena, southeast of Houston.

Prosecutors say the panel met privately in small groups in November 2016 to discuss remodeling Pasadena's convention center and rodeo arena.

The Texas Open Meetings Act requires that majority gatherings of a government board be held publicly.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/national-business/article196318824.html

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Members of Houston-area board indicted for private meetings (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP
Stinky-dena! :) n/t KatyMan Jan 2018 #1
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