DISTRICT 14 STATE SENATOR KIRK WATSON---A FORMER MAYOR OF AUSTIN, AN AUSTIN-BASED ATTORNEY, AND A DEMOCRAT --- ON OCTOBER 2, 2018, RESPONDS TO SEPTEMBER 2, 2018, E-MAIL OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FROM ME BY PROVIDING ONE WITH ONLY ONE TOTAL LEGAL DOCUMENT HE ACKNOWLEDGES WAS GENERATED BY HIS STATE SENATE OFFICE DURING THE PERIOD EVER SINCE JANUARY 1, 2011, THAT ALSO REFERRED TO MYSELF, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN, A GAINFULLY EMPLOYED SINGLE ADULT ANGLO MALE DISTRICT 14 RESIDENT AND LAW-ABIDING, PERMANENTLY DRINKING-ALCOHOL-FREE CONSTITUENT OF SENATOR WATSON

Kirk Watson
To
mcmillanj@att.net
Oct 2 (2018) at 12:54 PM

Dear Mr. McMillan,

My office has reviewed your request. The attached document is the only document in our records that is responsive.

Sincerely,

Kirk Watson
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(THE ONE TOTAL DOCUMENT GENERATED BY SENATOR WATSON's OFFICE IN THE MOST RECENT SEVEN-AND-TWO-THIRDS-YEAR PERIOD THAT THIS WEEK HE PROVIDED TO MYSELF, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN, IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE ABOVE E-MAIL. THAT LEGAL DOCUMENT WAS IN RESPONSE TO MY MOST RECENT OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO SENATOR WATSON, THIS BEING A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE CONFIRMED TODAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018, WAS IN FACT RECEIVED IN MY E-MAIL SERVICE INBOX ON NOVEMBER 30, 2017, BUT WAS SOMEHOW OVERLOOKED BY ME AND WAS NOT OPENED BY ME AND ACTUALLY READ BY ME FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER UNTIL THIS WEEK---jkm)

Senator Kirk Watson
To
mcmillanj@att.net

Date: 11/30/17 at 10:04 a.m.

Subject: Thank you for writing to me

On Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:04 AM, Senator Kirk Watson wrote:

Dear Mr. McMillan:

Thank you for writing to me. Unfortunately, the State of Texas has very little oversight of local criminal justice or housing issues. However, the City of Austin regulates both.

The Austin Police Department has jurisdiction to investigate any criminal conduct, including sexual assault, that occurs within the City. You can call 911 to report emergencies, or you can submit an incident report online at http://www.austintexas.gov/department/ireportaustincom.

The City’s Code Department enforces minimum housing requirements. You can find more information about the City’s Code Department by calling 311 or by clicking this link: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/common-austin-code-violations.

Respectfully,

Kirk Watson
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EDITOR'S NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIS BLOG, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN: THE FOLLOWING ARE TWO EXACTLY QUOTED PARAGRAPHS FROM MY SEPTEMBER 2, 2018, E-MAIL PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST TO SENATOR WATSON, WHICH SUMMARIZE THE SCOPE OF THAT REQUEST FROM MYSELF:

"This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all written communications, including e-mail communications or letters or reports or memoranda or proposed resolutions or proposed new laws you've authored or co-authored or legal notes of yours, that you or any staff member employed in your State Senate office in Austin has written or generated or forwarded or sent or mailed or e-mailed or FAXed or received at any time since 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2011, and that, in each such case, directly refers in any way either to myself, John Kevin McMillan of northwest Austin, or to my still-one-member-only (myself) and non-Christian 'Progressive Prohibitionist Religion'.

"EXCLUDED from the scope of this public-information request are any and all letters or e-mail letters that were exclusively and solely written by myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas."

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OCTOBER 3, 2018, EDITOR'S NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIS BLOG, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN OF AUSTIN:

SENATOR WATSON'S OCTOBER 2, 2018, REPLY E-MAIL LETTER TO ME MADE NO MENTION OF THE FOLLOWING NOTEWORTHY E-MAIL REPLY LETTERS TO ME FROM AN OFFICIAL OF HIS STATE SENATE OFFICE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY CITED IN MY OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THAT REQUEST FROM ME, AND ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THAT REQUEST, I HAD POLITELY EMPHASIZED TO SENATOR WATSON IN WRITING:

From: Lora Ann Gerson  (Lora_Ann.Gerson@senate.state.tx.us)

To: "mcmillanj@att.net"

Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 10:26:43 AM
Subject: FW: 3-28-11 reply sought from Sen. Watson re my legal complaint

Mr. McMillan:

Senator Watson asked me to respond to your email. I am not aware of the source of year-round noise pollution that is violating your privacy rights.

Lora Ann Gerson
Constituent Services
Senator Kirk Watson
(512) 463-0114
P.O.Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711

From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:26 AM
To: Scott Daigle; Donna Howard; Texas Democratic Party Environmentalist Democrats Group; Texas Democratic Party Communications Director; Central Texas Democratic Party Forum; Texas Young Democrats Group Officers; Texas Young Democrats statewide group; CountyCommissionerSarahEckhardt; CountyJudgeSam Biscoe; City Attorney's Office, Austin, TX, Julie Brossette, Asst. to City Attorney; CountyAttorneyDavidEscamilla; KVUE TV News Dir. Frank Volpicella; KVUE Television Newstips; investigates@kxan.com; Kirk Watson

Subject: Fw: 3-28-11 reply sought from Sen. Watson re my legal complaint

To: Scott Daigle, Director of Constituent Services for State Rep. Donna Howard, and State Rep. Donna Howard, Austin, Texas.

Dear Scott and Rep. Howard,

I would appreciate it if you would please contact the office of State Senator Kirk Watson and ask him to also respond in writing to the public-policy-related question from myself that I had posed to each of you in writing that relates to continuous and year-round noise pollution violating my privacy rights in Austin, Texas.

State Senator Watson is my duly elected state senator, and I would like him to also answer that one question from myself, as a courtesy to me.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan of Austin.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
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Lora Ann Gerson (Lora_Ann.Gerson@senate.texas.gov)

To
John McMillan Dorothy Browne Governor's Office of Texas Open Records AdministratorPublic Information Todd Hunter Juan Hinojosa City of Austin Open Govt. Compliance Chief Gayle (2016)City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgantamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov Celia Israel Paul Workman Tony DaleCharles Schwertner Scott Daigle Gregory Lucas Molly White Senfronia ThompsonDawnna Dukes Austin American-Statesman Editor Debbie HiottAustin Chronicle Editors FreedomofInfoFdnofTexas spjaustin@gmail.comFox 7 (Austin TX) TV News KXAN TV News Investigationsdavid.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov State Bar of Texas Exec. Dir. Michelle HunterDeborah Fulton Houston Chronicle Letters To the EditorTexas Press Association Exec. Dir. (2015) Texas Press Association Exec. VP (2015)DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett Texas Observer Editors Statesman News

05/19/16 at 12:58 PM

Your request will be reviewed as Senator Watson considers his 2017 legislative agenda.

Lora Ann Gerson
Director of Constituent Services
Senator Kirk Watson
P.O.Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0114

From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 6:51 PM
To: Dorothy Browne; Lora Ann Gerson; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator; Public Information; Todd Hunter; Juan Hinojosa; City of Austin Open Govt. Compliance Chief Gayle (2016); City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgan; tamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov; Celia Israel; Paul Workman; Tony Dale; Charles Schwertner; Scott Daigle; Gregory Lucas; Molly White; Senfronia Thompson; Dawnna Dukes; Austin American-Statesman Editor Debbie Hiott; Austin Chronicle Editors; FreedomofInfoFdnofTexas; spjaustin@gmail.com; Fox 7 (Austin TX) TV News; KXAN TV News Investigations; david.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov; State Bar of Texas Exec. Dir. Michelle Hunter; Deborah Fulton; Houston Chronicle Letters To the Editor; Texas Press Association Exec. Dir. (2015); Texas Press Association Exec. VP (2015); DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett; Texas Observer Editors; Statesman News

Subject: 5-18-16 proposed revisions to TX Open Records Act