Bay Area Houston

You have to wonder what caused the outrageous number of Open Record Requests in 2025.

It’s Lowry. Again. Council Member Joseph Lowry was elected in May of 2024 and all hell has broken loose including using and abusing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or Public Information Requests (PIRs). In 2024 150 PIRs were opened. In 2025 465 were opened.

According to records provided by La Marque 150 open records requests were filed in 2024. 61 of them were filed in the last qtr. 105 were closed as “fulfilled”. 36 resulted in “no records” available. The other 9 requests were listed as “not a request” or others.

In 2025 465 PIRs were opened. 229 were closed as “fulfilled”. 141 were closed as “No records”. 25 were closed as “Not a request” or “Request Withdrawn”. 5 were closed as “Denied. Investigative Records”.

Lowry opened 24. His wife opened 11. Lousy News Network opened 2. Many were opened concerning Lowry including requesting Lowry’s proof of bribes, the details of his terrorist threat report to the La Marque Police Department, and information about his $50,000 COVID grant.

You can browse through the PIRs here.

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