Bay Area Houston

You can’t make this stuff up.

After an article from I45Now on the handling of a public information request (PIR) concerning a domestic dispute at the home of City Council Member Justin Hicks, Mayor Long demanded a full report on the PIR process. On Monday that 5 page report was released and it didn’t disappoint in raising more questions. In short the Attorney says her office did no wrong giving Hicks special assistance in a personal matter.

You have to hand it to TJ Aulds of I45Now for breaking the story last week. In his latest article he catches Mayor Long in an interesting moment:

Contacted soon after the report was issued, Long - who said he reviewed the report on Sunday - said after he read the report, he was “satisfied” with how the city attorney’s office handled the request for records.

That was until Aulds notified him; the timeline shows Hicks twice contacted the city attorney’s office and received an advance copy of the city’s request, even before it was submitted to the attorney general or i45NOW.

Oops. The article continues:

‘It’s certainly unusual treatment,” Long said when asked if it was proper that Hicks was communicating with the city attorney and provided information ahead of all others, even though the domestic disturbance call to his house was not connected to his duties as a city official.

I get the feeling this is not over.

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