tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388108385578200572.post6162540082880206931..comments2023-07-26T09:04:28.101-05:00Comments on Wilmer Citizen: Former Assistant City Administrator FIREDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388108385578200572.post-10859342785652157222008-09-26T11:31:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:31:00.000-05:00I am reading these and will be taking courses as t...I am reading these and will be taking courses as they are offered.<BR/><BR/>If you are blogging, then you should read these so that you are blogging from a legal point of view and not from gut-feelings and hearsay.<BR/><BR/>A list of people who would like to take these courses need to get the local librarian to start a list of interested citizens. Then, we can get an instructor to come out here and conduct classes. If we know the law, then we have the weapons and armor with which to fight intelligently.<BR/><BR/>Here are the Manuals that everyone blogging needs to get and these are availabe from the OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL:<BR/><BR/>1) Public Officer: TRAPS for the Unwary (A good introduction to what might seem ok but is not ok)<BR/>2) Texas Ethics, Gift & Honorarium Laws Made Easy (It what you cannot do, not a how to book) This should be the first one read by any Public Official.<BR/>3) OPEN MEETINGS 2008 HANDBOOK and Video (Includes Open Meeting along with Closed Meetings)<BR/>4) THE 2008 OPEN MEETINGS ACT MADE EASY<BR/>5) PUBLIC INFORMATION 2008 HANDBOOK and VIDEO<BR/>6) PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT MADE EASY<BR/>7) TEXAS DUAL OFFICE HOLDING LAWS MADE EASY<BR/>8) 2006 TEXAS CONFLICTS OF INTREST LAWS MADE EASY ... Being updated but still in effect. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, have you read this one at all. The new one has fangs and not just teeth.<BR/>9) 2006 TEXAS NEPOTISM LAWS MADE EASY ... Being update but still in effect. THIS ONE SHOULD BE A MUST...ESPECIALLY BY THE COUNCIL.<BR/>10) 2008 EMINENT DOMAIN MADE EASYWisdoms Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501505431019233455noreply@blogger.com