Friday, December 20, 2019

ANDERSON COUNTY JUDGE ROBERT JOHNSTON, BASED IN AN EAST TEXAS CITY WHERE I MYSELF PREVIOUSLY RESIDED AND REPORTED FOR A DAILY NEWSPAPER THERE, ON DECEMBER 19, 2019, SENDS AN UNEXPECTED REPLY LETTER TO ME IN RESPONSE TO MY PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST FOR TRAVIS COUNTY JUDGE SARAH ECKHARDT, WITH MYSELF THEN SENDING JUDGE JOHNSTON A COURTESY REPLY NOTE ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF HIS REPLY LETTER TO ME


From: John McMillan
To: Robert Johnston ; Margaret Moore ; Darla Dixon ; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] ; CountyAttorneyDavidEscamilla ; Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2019 ; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea ; margaret.gomez@traviscountytx.gov ; marcos.johnson@austintexas.gov ; ACLU ; Texas Legal ; Travis County Auditor Patti Smith 2019 ; public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov ; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator ; patsy.spaw@senate.texas.gov ; smccown@law.utexas.edu ; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (2015) ; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX ; District 4 ; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen (2016) ; open.records.coj@traviscountytx.gov ; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 ; Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. DOJ) ; Letters To Editor Palestine TX Herald-Press ; John Hitzelberg ; Austin American-Statesman Managing Editor John Bridges ; Senator John Whitmire ; State Senator Joan Huffman ; Garnet F. Coleman ; Dwayne Bohac ; El Campo City Attorney Ronald B. Collins ; Wharton County TX Attorney's Office ; Hays County TX Sheriff's Office CID Unit 2016 ; Bexar Webmaster ; Gerald Daugherty ; City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgan ; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman ; UT-Austin Law School Dean Ward Farnsworth ; aja@ncsc.dni.us ; statlerc@taylorcountytexas.org ; rickbailey@johnsoncountytx.org ; bzeller@vctx.org ; zpatton@governing.com ; stein@rice.edu ; hamm@rice.edu ; National Crime Victim Law Institute (Lewis & Clark Law School Portland Oregon) ; Federal Law Enf. Officers Assn ; Travis County Criminal Justice/Public Safety Director ; Criminal Justice Journalists Brd Wenger 2016 ; Criminal Justice Journalists Board Member Rashbaum ; Trinity University San Antonio Assoc. Prof. Political Science John Hermann ; Rice Univ. Polit Sci Prof. Alford ; Rice Univ. Polit. Sci. Prof. Brace ; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt ; Texas Observer Editors ; news@texasmonthly.com ; Houston Chronicle Letters To the Editor ; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett ; Fbinaa Info ; Rep. John Bucy 2019CentralTX ; Williamson County Judge Dan Gattis ; David Maxwell ; Patrick B. Howard ; Andre Adams ; Jeff Pender ; Jeff Libby ; Harvard Law School Human Rights Program (2016) ; Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy ; Harvard Club of Austin 2017 ; Austin Board of Realtors-Govt. Relations ; Texas Rangers Division of DPS ; Texas Dept. of Public Safety Officers Assn. President ; Rey Arellano ; Spencer Cronk ; sarah@nshhcoalition.org ; Todd Hunter ; U.S. Department of Homeland Security ; StateRep.DonnaHoward ; Donna Campbell ; Rep. Erin Zwiener 2019CentralTX ; Rep. James Talarico 2019 Central TX ; Rep. Vikki Goodwin 2019CentralTX ; Kirk Watson ; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devlpt (TX regional office) ; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano ; Kyle Biedermann ; Justin Holland ; Jonathan Stickland ; Texas Tribune Editor In Chief Evan Smith ; Dailytexanonline News ; Ghbc Info ; Bnaibrith Info ; Texas Legislative Council General Counsel 2016 ; Austin Republican Women 2016 ; HumanRightsWatchOfficials(D.C. Office) ; CBS News Story Ideas Editors ; Charles Schwertner ; Williamson County (TX) Attorney (2016) ; Wind River Crossing GM Ann Coker ; Javier Cansino
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019, 12:28:04 AM CST
Subject: Re: 12-19-19 PIR re: Travis County Judge Eckhardt and me

To the Highly Esteemed Current Past President of  the "County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas", 
The Hon. Robert Johnston,

Anderson County Judge,
703 North Mallard Ste 101,
Palestine, TX 75801
Phone: (903) 723-7406
E-mail: rjohnston@co.anderson.tx.us

December 20, 2019

Dear Very Honorable Anderson County Judge Robert Johnston in your influential role as the current Past President of the "County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas", with your full legal name and current title and contact information being listed online on the officers webpage for your very prestigious statewide association at the online address of: https://www.cjcat.org/page/cjcat-Officers ,

Thank you for taking the time to send me a courtesy reply note this Thursday in response to my public-information request that I submitted on Dec. 19 (below) to Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt in Austin, Texas.

As a former resident of the beautiful city of Palestine, Texas, and as a former full-time news reporter and feature writer for the "Palestine Herald-Press" daily newspaper, I appreciate your having written and sent to me a polite reply note on this. 

Best Wishes to you and your colleagues in Anderson County, Texas, as well as to your other highly-esteemed colleagues in the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan, current public-information requestor.
My current home address: 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.



John Kevin McMillan


On Thursday, December 19, 2019, 11:22:03 AM CST, Robert Johnston wrote:


I have no such communications between myself and anyone mentioned in this request.
Robert D Johnston
Anderson County Judge
From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 10:19 AM
To: National Center On Domestic and Sexual Violence Communics Dir. Walsh ; National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Denver 2017 ; Outback Asst Mgr Nick Burton ; Yessenia (Denny's Lakeline) ; Megan Curtis ; Debbie Bolton ; Trevor Glynn ; Bruce Garrison ; Leslie DeGraffenried ; Sona Nast ; Rainn Info ; TexasSecofStateExecutiveOffice ; carol.alvarado@house.texas.gov; CNN.Viewer.Communications.Management ; Harvard Club of Austin 2017 ; Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy ; Harvard Law School Human Rights Program (2016) ; Traviscountydemocrats Info ; Travis County Republican Party (2016) ; The Republican National Committee ; Democratic National Committee ; MITProgram On HumanRights&Justice ; Jennifer A. DeCamp ; Eric Jones ; Austin Republican Women 2016 ; news@dailytexanonline.com; KLRU ; Eric Johnson ; Hubert Vo ; isonx001@umn.edu; Wade Zwiener ; Annie Arnold Lancaster ; Texas Legislative Council General Counsel 2016 ; Tceq State Tx Webmaster ; Southwestern University Georgetown ; Missouri Synod Lutheran HQ2015 ; American Friends Service Committee ; The University of Texas at Austin ; UT-Austin Law School Dean Ward Farnsworth ; hway@law.utexas.edu; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] ; Leticia Solis ; Patrick B. Howard ; news@texasmonthly.com; Hays County TX Sheriff's Office CID Unit 2016 ; info@zacpubs.com; Wharton County TX Attorney's Office ; Bexar Webmaster ; Harris County Houston Attorney Vince Ryan ; Unknown National ; WashingtonPostLettersEditor ; Steven Rich ; Cheryl Thompson ; Matt Bernstein Boston Globe 2016 ; Texas Christian Univeristy ; david_garland@baylor.edu; Houston Police Dept 2015 ; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett ; University of North Texas at Dallas Pres. Bob Mong ; University of Oklahoma President ; HaveYourSay ; San Jose Mercury News Editors ; zpatton@governing.com; Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. DOJ) ; DFPS Office Of Consumer Relations ; El Campo City Attorney Ronald B. Collins ; El Campo Leader-News Editor Shanon Crabtree ; dave.mahoney@traviscountytx.gov; Margaret Moore ; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea ; Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion (2017) ; margaret.gomez@traviscountytx.gov; aja@ncsc.dni.us; statlerc@taylorcountytexas.org; rickbailey@johnsoncountytx.org; bzeller@vctx.org; Robert Johnston >; Drew Springer ; Wind River Crossing GM Ann Coker ; Javier Cansino ; Austin Board of Realtors Andrei Lubomudrov (2015) ; Austin Board of Realtors Lara2015 ; Minnesota Sex Crimes Investigators Assn. Brd Member Dunphy (2016) ; Mncasa Info ; Minnesota Center Against Sexual Assault Violence and Abuse ; Minnesota Attorney General ; Bethany United Methodist Church Assoc Pastor Sheri Clifton ; admin@anglicanchurch.net; pdadmin@westlakehills.org; Texas Democratic Party ; The Progressive Magazine ; St. Louis Post-Dispatch Letters To Ed. ; The Oklahoman Editor 2017 ; Miami Herald Letters To Editor ; Florida Sexual Crimes Investigators Assn. Exec Dir Moore 2016
Subject: Fw: 12-19-19 PIR re: Travis County Judge Eckhardt and me

A respectful FYI to each of you on the following,
from public-information requestor John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas, and Travis County, Texas.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295

John Kevin McMillan


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: Open.Records.COJ@traviscountytx.gov <open.records.coj@traviscountytx.gov>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>;  U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (2015) <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; Rep. Sheryl Cole (2019 CentralTX) <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; Kirk Watson <kirk.watson@senate.texas.gov>; robert.kepple@tdcaa.com <robert.kepple@tdcaa.com>; Williamson County Judge Dan Gattis <ctyjudge@wilco.org>; Williamson County (TX) Attorney (2016) <pvasquez@wilco.org>; Williamson County Sheriff Chody 2018 <rchody@wilco.org>; shawn.dick@wilco.org <shawn.dick@wilco.org>; Garnet F. Coleman <garnet.coleman@house.texas.gov>; Dwayne Bohac <dwayne.bohac@house.texas.gov>; Jonathan Stickland <jonathan.stickland@house.texas.gov>; Texas Legislative Council General Counsel 2016 <jon.heining@tlc.texas.gov>; jon.rosenthal@house.texas.gov <jon.rosenthal@house.texas.gov>; Kyle Biedermann <kyle.biedermann@house.texas.gov>; smccown@law.utexas.edu <smccown@law.utexas.edu>; public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; Jeff Pender <jeff.pender@tdhca.state.tx.us>; Andre Adams <andre.adams@tdhca.state.tx.us>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; patsy.spaw@senate.texas.gov <patsy.spaw@senate.texas.gov>; Texas Rangers Division of DPS <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; Charles Schwertner <charles.schwertner@senate.texas.gov>; charles.perry@senate.texas.gov <charles.perry@senate.texas.gov>; Charles Anderson <charles.anderson@house.texas.gov>; alex.dominguez@house.texas.gov <alex.dominguez@house.texas.gov>; dan.huberty@house.texas.gov <dan.huberty@house.texas.gov>; State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (Austin area) <eddie.rodriguez@house.texas.gov>; Rep. Erin Zwiener 2019CentralTX <erin.zwiener@house.texas.gov>; Rep. John Bucy 2019CentralTX <john.bucy@house.texas.gov>; Rep. 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Prof. Political Science John Hermann <jhermann@trinity.edu>; Rice Univ. Polit Sci Prof. Alford <jra@rice.edu>; Rice Univ. Polit. Sci. Prof. Brace <pbrace@rice.edu>; Rabbinic Call for Human Rights (NYC) <office@truah.org>; Bnaibrith Info <info@bnaibrith.org>; news@cbsaustin.com <news@cbsaustin.com>; Houston Chronicle Letters To the Editor <viewpoints@chron.com>; jeff.leach@house.texas.gov <jeff.leach@house.texas.gov>; jessica.farrar@house.texas.gov <jessica.farrar@house.texas.gov>; julie.johnson@house.texas.gov <julie.johnson@house.texas.gov>; matt.krause@house.texas.gov <matt.krause@house.texas.gov>; morgan.meyer@house.texas.gov <morgan.meyer@house.texas.gov>; victoria.neave@house.texas.gov <victoria.neave@house.texas.gov>; Reggie Smith <reggie.smith@house.texas.gov>; james.white@house.texas.gov <james.white@house.texas.gov>; yvonne.davis@house.texas.gov <yvonne.davis@house.texas.gov>; nicole.collier@house.texas.gov <nicole.collier@house.texas.gov>; bill.zedler@house.texas.gov <bill.zedler@house.texas.gov>; Todd Hunter <todd.hunter@house.texas.gov>; Texas Tribune Editor In Chief Evan Smith <esmith@texastribune.org>; takebackhope@tlsc.org <takebackhope@tlsc.org>; Andrew Murr <andrew.murr@house.texas.gov>; joe.moody@house.texas.gov <joe.moody@house.texas.gov>; poncho.nevarez@house.texas.gov <poncho.nevarez@house.texas.gov>; dennis.paul@house.texas.gov <dennis.paul@house.texas.gov>; Tony Tinderholt <tony.tinderholt@house.texas.gov>; Celia Israel <celia.israel@house.texas.gov>; dewayne.burns@house.texas.gov <dewayne.burns@house.texas.gov>; National Center On Elder Abuse <ncea@med.usc.edu>; Federal Law Enf. Officers Assn <fleoa@fleoa.org>; Spencer Cronk <spencer.cronk@austintexas.gov>; Rey Arellano <rey.arellano@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen (2016) <district5@austintexas.gov>; Austin Board of Realtors-Govt. Relations <government@abor.com>; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman <kbesserman@tramail.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019, 12:47:01 AM CST
Subject: 12-19-19 PIR re: Travis County Judge Eckhardt and me

To: Open Records Administrator for 
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.

December 19, 2019

Dear Open Records Administrator for 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 8 a.m. October 11, 2018, were each typed or authored or produced or generated or received or sent or mailed or e-mailed or FAXed or forwarded by Travis County Judge Eckhardt, or by any staff member of Judge Eckhardt in the county judge's office, and that, in each and every such case, referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas.
 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 Austin, or that were directly sent to Judge Eckhardt by myself.
 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)
________________________________
I am a gainfully-employed single adult Anglo male resident of Travis County, Texas, and I reside in Austin. I have resided in Austin, Texas, proper on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.
My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. I was born on April 27, 1957, at Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 I am the founder and only current approved member of a new and non-Christian and implicitly-deistic "Honor Society" religion. That religion is the anti-drinking-alcohol and anti-tobacco and anti-marijuana, anti-medical-marijuana, anti-cocaine, anti-facial-hair, anti-tattoos, against-anonymous-intrusive-communications, against-injurious-noise-pollution, against-thought-control-projects, anti-fraudulent-communications, anti-stalking, and anti-rape-minded "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", with very stringent membership-eligibility guidelines. 
During the approximately one-year time period applicable to this public information request, I myself have resided as an official rent-paying tenant or official rent-paying occupant at the following apartment units or hotel room, respectively, listed in descending order from earliest to most recent:

---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Building 16, Apartment 1609, Austin, Texas, 78759; 

---Austin Motor Inn, Room 114, 11400 North Interstate Highway 35, Austin, TX 78753;

and, ever since June 21, 2019,
Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418 (a second-floor, eastward-facing unit in Building 17---a multi-unit apartment building near the northeastern corner of this large complex in north Austin), Austin, TX 78753.

I hope to hear from you soon, Judge Eckhardt, in response to 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 British Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford in what is now the U.S. Commonwealth or U.S. state of Massachusetts. 
My current home address: 
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
My landline home phone: (512) 342-2295. 
My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
My two e-mail addresses: mcmillanj@att.net
and, through my new cell phone service with AT&T,

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