From: Karen M Soniat
To: John McMillan
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018, 9:24:14 AM CST
Subject: RE: Please delete me from your emails; not able to assist ....TX OAG: OK for TC Judge to withhold docs from me re: TC Judge consulting attys about me
Mr. McMillan,
We are not able to take action on your case. Our clinics are very limited in the cases and areas of law that they may engage in – under direction of a faculty member. Also, we cannot assist in cases outside of Louisiana.
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From: John McMillan
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:42 AM
To: TexasSecofStateExecutiveOffice
Subject: Fw: TX OAG: OK for TC Judge to withhold docs from me re: TC Judge consulting attys about me
A respectful FYI on the following,
from public-information requestor John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: Gerald Daugherty <gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov>; margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov <margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; Kirk Watson <kirk.watson@senate.texas.gov>; Gina Hinojosa <gina.hinojosa@house.texas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; district9@austintexas.gov <district9@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Council Member Delia Garza (2015) <delia.garza@austintexas.gov>; District 8 <district8@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen (2016) <district5@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Auditor QA Coordinator (2016) <olga.ovcharenko@austintexas.gov>; APD Officer Dean Tran <dean.tran@austintexas.gov>; Texas Legal legal-aid service (2015) <members@texaslegal.org>; FBI Dallas Bureau <fbi.dallas@ic.fbi.gov>; Texas Rangers Division of DPS <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; TBPP General Counsel Bettie Wells <bettie.wells@tdcj.state.tx.us>; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano <cid@cpa.state.tx.us>; Federal Law Enf. 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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018, 1:23:29 AM CST
Subject: TX OAG: OK for TC Judge to withhold docs from me re: TC Judge consulting attys about me
From: Public-Information Requestor John Kevin McMillan, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
My home phone: (512) 342-2295.
My e-mail address: mcmillanj@att.nett
Date: November 12, 2018
Dear Very Influential Public Officials and Civic Leaders and News Media Professionals in Texas and elsewhere,
I would like to respectfully call your attention to a November 8, 2018-dated, three-page signed legal letter providing a noteworthy official Open Records ruling from the Attorney General of Texas in regard to myself, John Kevin McMillan of northwest Austin.
I received an official copy of that legal letter on November 9, 2018, through U.S. Postal Service delivery that day to my apartment complex-provided mailbox for my current rental apartment unit at Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, in Austin.
If any of you would like me to FAX that signed legal reply letter provided to me by the Attorney General of Texas, I will be happy to do that for you. I will also be happy to provide any of you with a copy of the full three-page October 19, 2018, written request for an Open Records ruling that was submitted to the Attorney General by the Travis County Attorney's Office on behalf of County Judge Sarah Eckhardt.
I received the November 8, 2018-dated copy of the official ruling from the Attorney General in my own capacity as the cited public-information "Requestor", with the envelope mailed to me by that state agency having directly and correctly cited my own first name, middle initial, and last name as the recipient of that letter. However, nowhere in the three-page November 8 legal letter itself from the Attorney General did it ever state my own first name, middle name, or last name.
The full exact text of the applicable October 11, 2018, e-mail public-information request from myself to Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt in Austin, Texas, is provided below (last item). My request sought a copy of documents on file with County Judge Eckhardt that each referred in any manner to myself, and that were not written exclusively by myself.
The cited "Open Records" ruling case (public-information-request-related case), as noted on the first page of the legal letter, is OR2018-28201. The cited reference number, according to an explanatory note provided below an Assistant Attorney General's signature on page 3 of the legal letter, is: ID number 743814.
That November 8 Open Records ruling letter on official Attorney General of Texas stationery was written and signed by Assistant Attorney General of Texas Britni Ramirez of the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin.
The reply letter was addressed to Ms. Ann-Marie Sheely, Assistant Travis County Attorney in Austin, Texas, with a carbon-copy of that letter having been designated in writing for the "Requestor".
The ruling from the Attorney General's Office as delineated by Ms. Ramirez stated, and I quote verbatim the entire verbatim text of the last paragraph of page 2 of that legal letter (a long paragraph that I have chosen here to transcribe as four separate shorter paragraphs, in order to highlight key points from the text of the cited paragraph):
"The county judge's office states the responsive information consists of communications between attorneys and employees of the county judge's office.
"Additionally, the county judge's office states these communications were made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services, the confidentiality of the communications has been maintained, and the communications were not intended to be shared with any third parties.
"Based on these representations and our review, we find the county judge's office has demonstrated the applicability of the attorney-client privilege to the responsive information.
"Thus, the county judge's office may withhold the responsive information under section 552.107(1) of the Government Code."
The Open Records ruling from the Attorney General was in direct response to an October 19, 2018-dated, three-page signed written request for a ruling that was submitted by Travis County Assistant County Attorney Ann-Marie Sheely on behalf of Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt.
Ms. Sheely's October 19 legal letter contained the following exact verbatim statement:
"For reference, the responsive documents constitute emails between or among lawyers and staff of the Travis County Attorney's Office and its clients, the Travis County Judge and TNR, an executive department of Travis County, made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services and were intended to be confidential."
The full exact verbatim text of my own October 11, 2018, e-mail public-information request to County Judge Eckhardt is as follows:
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt <sarah.eckhardt@traviscountytx.gov>; margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov <margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov>; Public Information <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; Texas Legal legal-aid service (2015) <members@texaslegal.org>; Amanda Foster <amanda.foster@house.texas.gov>; Gina Hinojosa <gina.hinojosa@house.texas.gov>; Kirk Watson <kirk.watson@senate.texas.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea <brigid.shea@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion (2017) <jeff.travillion@traviscountytx.gov>; margaret.gomez@traviscountytx.gov <margaret.gomez@traviscountytx.gov>; FBI Dallas Bureau <fbi.dallas@ic.fbi.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; U.S. Department of Homeland Security <private.sector@dhs.gov>; Texas Rangers Division of DPS <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; Gerald Daugherty <gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov>; Dayna Blazey <dayna.blazey@traviscountytx.gov>; rocky.reeves@austintexas.gov <rocky.reeves@austintexas.gov>; christopher.gaines@austintexas.gov <christopher.gaines@austintexas.gov>; APD Officer James Turner <james.turner@austintexas.gov>; Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. DOJ) <itverp@usdoj.gov>; District 8 <district8@austintexas.gov>; Joyful Heart Foundation for Rape Victims <info@joyfulheartfoundation.org>; Austin City Council Member Delia Garza (2015) <delia.garza@austintexas.gov>; Texasadvocacyproject Info <info@texasadvocacyproject.org>; Texas DPS Office of General Counsel <ogc.webmaster@dps.texas.gov>; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano <cid@cpa.state.tx.us>; National Crime Victim Law Institute (Lewis & Clark Law School Portland Oregon) <ncvli@lclark.edu>; StateRep.DonnaHoward <donna.howard@house.texas.gov>; Christian Hawley <chawley@stmattsaustin.org>; Outback Asst Mgr Nick Burton <nickburtonoutb@yahoo.com>; district9@austintexas.gov <district9@austintexas.gov>; David Maxwell <david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (Austin area) <eddie.rodriguez@house.texas.gov>; Dawnna Dukes <dawnna.dukes@house.texas.gov>; Williamson County (TX) Attorney (2016) <pvasquez@wilco.org>;spencer.cronk@austintexas.gov <spencer.cronk@austintexas.gov>; Travis County Sheriff Law Enforcement Assoc. (2016) <admin@tcslea.org>; ACLU <info@aclutx.org>; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen (2016) <district5@austintexas.gov>; Federal Law Enf. Officers Assn <fleoa@fleoa.org>; Senator Kirk Watson Constituent Services Rep. Walcott (2016) <keysha.walcott@senate.texas.gov>; Austin Chronicle Editors <mail@austinchronicle.com>; HillCountryNewsEditorScottMcDonald <editor@hillcountrynews.com>; zpatton@governing.com <zpatton@governing.com>; metrodesk@statesman.com <metrodesk@statesman.com>; news@texasmonthly.com <news@texasmonthly.com>; KLRU <info@klru.org>; news@dailytexanonline.com <news@dailytexanonline.com>; news@kut.org <news@kut.org>; KXAN TV News Investigations <reportit@kxan.com>; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 <ckaiser@taasa.org>; Rainn Info <info@rainn.org>; Noise Free America <noisefree@hotmail.com>; Austin City Auditor QA Coordinator (2016) <olga.ovcharenko@austintexas.gov>; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman <kbesserman@tramail.org>; Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Eckstein <deece.eckstein@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Republican Party (2016) <michaelm.tcrp@gmail.com>; Travis County Criminal Justice/Public Safety Director <roger.jefferies@traviscountytx.gov>; Sherri Fleming <sherri.fleming@traviscountytx.gov>; Aurelio Contreras <aurelioc2007@hotmail.com>; Cedar Park (TX) Police (2016) <police2@cedarparktexas.gov>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (2015) <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; Casework Mccaul <mccaul.casework@mail.house.gov>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov <central_texas@cruz.senate.gov>; Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy <carr_center@hks.harvard.edu>; Leslie DeGraffenried <degraffenriedls@state.gov>; Trevor Glynn <trevorglynn@gmail.com>; statesman <news@statesman.com>; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett <rtgarrett@dallasnews.com>; Houston Chronicle Letters To the Editor <viewpoints@chron.com>; Kami (Denny's Lakeline Manager) <kamiland69@gmail.com>; Texas Legislative Council General Counsel (2016) <jon.heining@tlc.texas.gov>; Texas Department of Health and Human Services Ombudsman <contact@hhsc.state.tx.us>; Traviscountydemocrats Info <info@traviscountydemocrats.org>; edaigneau@governing.com <edaigneau@governing.com>; National Freedom of Information Coalition (2016) <nfoic@nfoic.org>; CBS News Story Ideas Editors <evening@cbsnews.com>; HaveYourSay <haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk>; news@statesman.com <news@statesman.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 1:49:03 AM CDT
Subject: 10-11-18 PIR re: County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and me
To: Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, Travis County Government, 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 2.300, Austin, Texas, 78701.
Office phone: (512) 854-9555.
Office FAX: (512) 854-9535.
October 11, 2018
Dear Travis County Judge Eckhardt,
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, that at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2015, were each typed or written or handwritten or generated or received or sent or mailed or e-mailed or FAXed or forwarded by yourself, Travis County Judge Eckhardt, or by any staff member of yours in your county judge's office whom you directly supervise, and that, in each and every such case, referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of northwest Austin.
EXCLUDED from the scope of this public-information request are any and all written communications that were exclusively and solely written by myself, John Kevin McMillan of northwest Austin.
On September 27, 2018, I received the following e-mail letter (below) from a Travis County Government colleague of yours, Cynthia C. McDonald, that cited a recent e-mail from me that had been forwarded to Ms. McDonald by yourself:
On Thursday, September 27, 2018 12:18 PM, Cynthia McDonald <Cynthia.McDonald@traviscountytx.gov> wrote:
Hello Mr. McMillan,
I was forwarded your email from the County Judge’s office. I left you a message on your phone earlier today, but wanted to follow up in writing as well. If you live within the City of Austin city limits, you may file your complaint them at 3-1-1, or going online at http://austintexas.gov/department/311
If you reside in the unincorporated area of Travis County, please report your complaint to the Sheriff’s Office by calling 512-974-0845, Option 3, or going online at https://www.tcsheriff.org/community/file-a-report
Regards,
Cynthia C. McDonald
County Executive
Transportation and Natural Resources
Travis County
512.854.9418 (office)
512.854.4697 (fax)
Cynthia.McDonald@traviscountytx.gov
...
___________________________________
I am a gainfully-employed single adult Anglo male resident of Travis County, Texas, and I reside in Austin.
My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. I was born on April 27, 1957, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
I have resided in Austin proper on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.
I am the founder and only current approved member of a new and non-Christian and implicitly-deistic "Honor Society" religion, the anti-drinking-alcohol and anti-tobacco and anti-marijuana-minded and anti-facial-hair-minded and anti-tattoos-minded and anti-anonymous-communications-minded and anti-thought-control-projects-minded and anti-stalking and anti-rape-minded "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", that has very stringent membership-eligibility guidelines.
During the multi-year time period applicable to this public information request, I myself resided as an official rent-paying tenant or official rent-paying occupant at the following apartment units or hotel rooms:
---Wind River Crossing Apartments, 11411 Research Boulevard, Building 3, Apt. 325, Austin, Texas, 78759. I resided in that particular apartment unit from January 2002 until July 29, 2015, when my lease to reside there as an official rent-paying tenant expired after the management team gave prior notice earlier in 2015 that it had chosen not to renew that lease for me and my one total official roommate at that time.
---Crossland Economy Studios, 12621 Hymeadow, Apt. 133, Austin, Texas, 78729. I officially resided as a rent-paying tenant at this particular Extended Stay America hotel and efficiency apartments facility in Williamson County, Texas (a facility situated in far northwest Austin, with the Austin Police Department having law-enforcement jurisdiction at that location), from July 29, 2015, until late September 2015.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Building 9, Apt. 902, Austin, Texas, 78759, from late September 2015 until early September 2017.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Building 16, Apartment 1609, Austin, Texas, 78759, ever since early September 2017, including at present.
I hope to hear from you soon in response to this public-information request from myself.
Incidentally, Judge Eckhardt, please let me know as soon as possible if you sense that you might have to charge me more than $20 in administrative fees you expect to incur from processing this public-information request from myself.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan, a former resident of the Boston area of Massachusetts who is myself a certified direct descendant of the Rev. William Brewster---the great Puritan religious leader who served as Head Chaplain on the Mayflower and, later, as a leading adviser to Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford in what is now the U.S. Commonwealth or U.S. state of Massachusetts.
My current home address: Village Oaks Apts. (a NW Austin apartment complex reportedly owned by a highly-regarded for-profit corporation that's headquartered in Newton, Mass.), 10926 Jollyville Rd., Apt. 1609, Austin, Texas, 78759.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
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