Lubbock County Plays “Hide The Ball”
During my tenure on the Freedom of Information of Texas Foundation Board, the City of Lubbock had a reputation for taking steps to keep information away from its citizens, one time even telling a group of college students that their request for information would cost upwards of $350,000!
It looks now as if the county has been taking lessons and is withholding budget information that is blatantly public.
In today’s Avalanche-Journal, reporter Logan G. Carver, in a story about the county’s budget, writes, “The Avalanche-Journal was unable to thoroughly analyze (County Clerk Kelly) Pinion’s budget because Donna Clarke with the Civil District Attorney’s Office refused to turn over the documents—which were discussed in a public meeting, in an acceptable time frame—despite a formal open records request.”
