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| La Salle settles jail lawsuit |
| By San Antonio Express-News |
| Published: 09/29/2003 |
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A lawsuit set for trial over the La Salle County Commissioners' handling of public access to information about a controversial jail project has been settled after a marathon negotiating session. "The lawsuit was filed because they weren't giving us information about the project," said Donna Lednicky, of Encinal, one of the plaintiffs who attended the 13-hour mediation session that ended late Wednesday. "We sued because they violated the Texas Open Meetings Act, and they have admitted this," she said of one element of the settlement. The suit was filed last year by several residents of Encinal, a small community in southern LaSalle County where the county commissioners unanimously voted to build a 500-bed jail to hold U.S. Marshals Service prisoners. Critics of the $24 million jail project accused the commissioners of holding meetings without giving proper notice, withholding public documents about the project and refusing to answer questions in public forums about it. Originally filed in hope of blocking construction of the jail, the suit was settled short of that goal. The agreement calls for former LaSalle County Judge Jimmy Patterson to be replaced on the Public Facilities Corporation by current County Judge Joel Rodriguez and for all public documents relating to the jail project to be filed with the LaSalle County Clerk. The county also has agreed to post notices of its meetings in Encinal. Before this, Encinal residents had to drive 30 miles to Cotulla to read postings at the county courthouse. In addition, the county agreed to pay the plaintiffs' legal fees and court costs. "It's still a terrible deal, but since the bonds were approved by the attorney general, it's uncontestable. We think we got more in the settlement than going to court," Lednicky said. Lawyer Robert Bass, who represented LaSalle County in the negotiations, could not be reached for comment Thursday. Rodriguez, who opposed the project last year when he was the county treasurer but now must make the best of it as county judge, said the settlement was in everyone's interests. "It was a hard decision to settle. It really hasn't sunk in yet as to the final outcome. We need some smooth sailing down here," said the judge, who is the defendant in two other suits relating to the prison project. "We just have to put this behind us. Some people want a jail. Some don't," he said. Rodriguez said keeping the public in the dark is no longer the policy of LaSalle County. |
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