Tuesday, September 1, 2020

MY REPLY LETTER TONIGHT TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) STATE AGENCY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS:

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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: OPENRECS <openrecs@tceq.texas.gov>; State Senator Sarah Eckhardt 2020 <sarah.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; campaign@saraheckhardt.com <campaign@saraheckhardt.com>; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; Dennis Bonnen <dennis.bonnen@speaker.texas.gov>; Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick <dan.patrick@ltgov.texas.gov>; Letters <letters@seattletimes.com>; Andrew Murr <andrew.murr@house.texas.gov>; TWC Ombudsman <ombudsman@twc.state.tx.us>; Charles Anderson <charles.anderson@house.texas.gov>; charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov <charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Hubert Vo <hubert.vo@house.texas.gov>; Texas Tribune Editor in Chief Evan Smith <esmith@texastribune.org>; Robert Nichols <robert.nichols@senate.texas.gov>; District 7 <district7@austintexas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>; Guardian (England) Story Ideas 2020 <guardian.letters@theguardian.com>; tips@buzzfeed.com <tips@buzzfeed.com>; Austin Chronicle Editors <mail@austinchronicle.com>; Austin American-Statesman Managing Editor John Bridges <jbridges@statesman.com>; CBS News '60 Minutes' Editors and Reporters <60m@cbsnews.com>; Joe Biden <info@joebiden.com>; media@mjfortexas.com <media@mjfortexas.com>; Office Dallas (Cornyn) <dallas_office@cornyn.senate.gov>; United States Senate <webmaster@cornyn.senate.gov>; david.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov <david.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov>; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; CountyJudgeSam Biscoe <sam.biscoe@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2017 <jeffrey.travillion@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea <brigid.shea@traviscountytx.gov>; gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov <gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov>; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman <kbesserman@tramail.org>; Texas Rangers 2015 <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; ogc.webmaster@dps.texas.gov <ogc.webmaster@dps.texas.gov>; tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov <tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov>; State Auditor's Office Investigators <webmaster@sao.state.tx.us>; NYT News Tips <nytnews@nytimes.com>; Criminal Justice Journalists Board Member Rashbaum <rashbaum@nytimes.com>; Texas Observer Editors <editors@texasobserver.org>; Texas Legal <members@texaslegal.org>; ACLU of Texas <info@aclutx.org>; Office for Victims of Crime U.S. DOJ <itverp@usdoj.gov>; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; Rape Abuse and Incest National Network <info@rainn.org>; Joyful Heart Foundation for Rape Victims <info@joyfulheartfoundation.org>; Fbinaa Info <info@fbinaa.org>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov <central_texas@cruz.senate.gov>; david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov <david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 <ckaiser@taasa.org>; U.S. Department of Homeland Security <private.sector@dhs.gov>; Darla Dixon <darla.dixon@tcole.texas.gov>; Dwayne Bohac <dwayne.bohac@house.texas.gov>; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devlpt (TX regional office) <tx_webmanager@hud.gov>; Garnet F. Coleman <garnet.coleman@house.texas.gov>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 2015 <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; State Senator Joan Huffman <joan.huffman@senate.texas.gov>; U.S. Representative Michael McCaul <emailmccaul@mail.house.gov>; Austin Police Dept. Asst. 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Erin Zwiener 2019CentralTX <erin.zwiener@house.texas.gov>; Rep. James Talarico 2019 Central TX <james.talarico@house.texas.gov>; Rep. Vikki Goodwin 2019CentralTX <vikki.goodwin@house.texas.gov>; Travis County Auditor Patti Smith 2019 <patti.smith@traviscountytx.gov>; kpwatson@uh.edu <kpwatson@uh.edu>; Jim Granato <jgranato@central.uh.edu>; daengster@uh.edu <daengster@uh.edu>; Jacqueline L. Angel <jangel@austin.utexas.edu>; Humantrafficking <humantrafficking@oag.texas.gov>; TXGov Child Sex Trafficking Team 2020 <cstt@gov.texas.gov>; National Crime Victim Law Institute Lewis & Clark Law School Portland Oregon <ncvli@lclark.edu>; Crime Victims' Institute2020 Sam Htn State U <crimevictims@shsu.edu>; Crime Report Ed. Stephen Handelman 2016 <shandelman@jjay.cuny.edu>; Texas Crime Prevention Asssociation President <president@tcpa.org>; People Against Violent Crime 2020 <pavc@peopleagainstviolentcrime.org>; Gina Hinojosa <gina.hinojosa@house.texas.gov>; Nicole D. Collier <nicole.collier@house.texas.gov>; State Senator Eddie Lucio D-Brownsville <eddie.lucio@senate.texas.gov>; lois.kolkhorst@senate.texas.gov <lois.kolkhorst@senate.texas.gov>; Judith Zaffirini <judith.zaffirini@senate.texas.gov>; cji@uh.edu <cji@uh.edu>; KLRU TV News Editors <info@klru.org>; Houston Chronicle Letters to the Editor <viewpoints@chron.com>; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett <rtgarrett@dallasnews.com>; Letters To the Editor <letters@express-news.net>; Miami Herald Letters to Editor <heralded@miamiherald.com>; webmaster.ogc@epa.gov <webmaster.ogc@epa.gov>; Rosie Truelove <rosie.truelove@austintexas.gov>; Justin Holland <justin.holland@house.texas.gov>; jon.rosenthal@house.texas.gov <jon.rosenthal@house.texas.gov>; swjc@swjc.org <swjc@swjc.org>; najleg@gmail.com <najleg@gmail.com>; yaakov@jpost.com <yaakov@jpost.com>; amy.allbright@americanbar.org <amy.allbright@americanbar.org>; memmail@texasbar.com <memmail@texasbar.com>; hway@law.utexas.edu <hway@law.utexas.edu>; info@rhr.israel.net <info@rhr.israel.net>; info@amnesty.ie <info@amnesty.ie>; causenet@commoncause.org <causenet@commoncause.org>; alumnimembership@umn.edu <alumnimembership@umn.edu>; shawn.dick@wilco.org <shawn.dick@wilco.org>; Williamson County TX Attorney 2016 <pvasquez@wilco.org>; jsmith@pflugervilletx.gov <jsmith@pflugervilletx.gov>; pdadmin@westlakehills.org <pdadmin@westlakehills.org>; office@naep.org <office@naep.org>; APD Interim Police Chief Brian Manley <brian.manley@austintexas.gov>; editor@newsday.com <editor@newsday.com>; news@dailytexanonline.com <news@dailytexanonline.com>; Debbie Hiott <dhiott@kut.org>; District 1 <district1@austintexas.gov>; district9@austintexas.gov <district9@austintexas.gov>; elder.justice@usdoj.gov <elder.justice@usdoj.gov>; ecos@ecos.org <ecos@ecos.org>; letters@washpost.com <letters@washpost.com>; steven.rich@washpost.com <steven.rich@washpost.com>; aric@austintexas.gov <aric@austintexas.gov>; Cedar Park TX Police 2016 <police2@cedarparktexas.gov>; gminton@leandertx.gov <gminton@leandertx.gov>; zac@texasenvironment.org <zac@texasenvironment.org>; hrwdc@hrw.org <hrwdc@hrw.org>; todd.hunter@house.texas.gov <todd.hunter@house.texas.gov>; letters@economist.com <letters@economist.com>; news@texasmonthly.com <news@texasmonthly.com>; newsroom@star-telegram.com <newsroom@star-telegram.com>; stein@rice.edu <stein@rice.edu>; hamm@rice.edu <hamm@rice.edu>; letter@globe.com <letter@globe.com>; hrp@law.harvard.edu <hrp@law.harvard.edu>; hrls@law.uchicago.edu <hrls@law.uchicago.edu>; humanrts@umn.edu <humanrts@umn.edu>; npc@nonoise.org <npc@nonoise.org>; carol.alvarado@senate.texas.gov <carol.alvarado@senate.texas.gov>; jane.nelson@senate.texas.gov <jane.nelson@senate.texas.gov>; DFPS Office Of Consumer Relations <ocr@dfps.state.tx.us>; enrique.serrano@austintexas.gov <enrique.serrano@austintexas.gov>; txtenants@gmail.com <txtenants@gmail.com>; haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk <haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk>; paigem@plano.gov <paigem@plano.gov>; cspi@cspinet.org <cspi@cspinet.org>; themail@newyorker.com <themail@newyorker.com>; mparker@sej.org <mparker@sej.org>; webmaster@democrats.org <webmaster@democrats.org>; yellowdog@txdemocrats.org <yellowdog@txdemocrats.org>; texaspolitics@mail.laits.utexas.edu <texaspolitics@mail.laits.utexas.edu>; info@gop.com <info@gop.com>; president@austinrepublicanwomen.org <president@austinrepublicanwomen.org>; friendsofthetexan@gmail.com <friendsofthetexan@gmail.com>; jim.nolan@mail.wvu.edu <jim.nolan@mail.wvu.edu>; lalaurence@gmail.com <lalaurence@gmail.com>; jdecamp@mitre.org <jdecamp@mitre.org>; rob.moctezuma@gmail.com <rob.moctezuma@gmail.com>; adttx@live.com <adttx@live.com>; meganmccall65@gmail.com <meganmccall65@gmail.com>; trevorglynn@gmail.com <trevorglynn@gmail.com>; bgarrison@metlife.com <bgarrison@metlife.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 11:06:51 PM CDT
Subject: Re: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

From: Public-Information Requestor John Kevin McMillan, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753. Home phone: (512) 342-2295. Blog: http://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com

September 1, 2020

To: Ms. Stacey Harper, Public Information Request (PIR) Specialist, Information Resources Division, MC 197, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) state agency, State Government of Texas, Austin, Texas.  512-239-3282 data line, openrecs@tceq.texas.gov .

Dear Ms. Harper,

Thank you for your e-mail reply letter (farther below) to me today, in which you responded to a PIR-related follow-up reminder note from me by posing one total question to me: "Do you (John Kevin McMillan of Austin) have a PIR number?"

After checking my e-mail inbox of my personal computer inside my current apartment unit, I am not able to find any automated-message e-mail reply letter or other e-mail reply note from your state agency in response to my  August 13, 2020-dated public-information request. As a result, I am not able to find any identification number from your agency on my August 13, 2020, public-information request (PIR).

Please confirm for me in writing as soon as possible that you have officially received my PIR of August 13, 2020, that you have assigned it an official ID number, and that you will be providing me with any and all responsive legal documents by a cited date.

Ms. Harper, I would like to respectfully point out that I did get speedy confirmation that my August 13 e-mail public information request was received by many of the cited carbon-copy recipients.

That confirmation came from 11 total respective computer-generated automatic-reply confirmation-of-receipt notes I received in my e-mail records inbox of my personal home computer  from 1:46 p.m. to 1:48 p.m. on Thursday, August 13---a matter of seconds after I had e-mailed my PIR to your state agency at 1:46 p.m. that day. 

Those very prompt e-mail reply notes to me on my August 13 PIR for your state agency came from the Texas Workforce Commission state agency's Civil Rights Division here in Austin; Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Joe Biden; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dennis Bonnen; State Representative Andrew Murr; State Representative Charles Anderson; State Representative Hubert Vo; State Senator Robert Nichols; Austin (TX) City Council Member and Austin District 7 Representative Leslie Pool; "The Seattle Times" daily newspaper of Seattle, Washington; the Guardian news-media company of London, England; and the "BuzzFeed" media company of New York City, New York, respectively:

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From: "postmaster@twcgov.onmicrosoft.com" <postmaster@twcgov.onmicrosoft.com>
To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:39 PM CDT
Subject: Undeliverable: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

Your message to civilrightsreporter@twc.state.tx.us couldn't be delivered.
The group civilrightsreporter only accepts messages from people in its organization or on its allowed senders list, and your email address isn't on the list....
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From: Info <info+noreply@joebiden.com>
To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:38 PM CDT
Subject: Re: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

Hello and thank you for emailing Biden for President!...
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From: Dennis Bonnen <dennis.bonnen@speaker.texas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:45 PM CDT
Subject: Response from Rep. Dennis Bonnen

**This is an auto-reply**

 Dear Fellow Texan --

 I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to contact me.  Your input is invaluable to me as I work to represent your interests at our State Capitol....

 It is an honor and privilege to serve you.

Sincerely,

Dennis Bonnen

Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

State Representative - District 25

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From: Andrew Murr <andrew.murr@house.texas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:40 PM CDT
Subject: Automatic reply: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me
Thank you for reaching out to my office.  Please know that your email is very important to me and that my office has recorded your issues and concerns.  Due to the volume of electronic correspondence that my office receives, please understand that I may not be able to answer each email.  Should your issue require more attention or a letter of reply, please send a  written letter addressed to:

Representative Andrew S. Murr

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910...

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From: Charles Anderson <charles.anderson@house.texas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:40 PM CDT
Subject: Automatic reply: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

Due to the high volume this email account receives during session, please contact the District or Capitol Office, where our staff is more than happy to assist you....
Thank you and May God Bless Texas!
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From: Hubert Vo <hubert.vo@house.texas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:45 PM CDT
Subject: Thank you
Thank you for your email.  I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns with me.  Your comments are very important to me, and I can assure you that your email will be reviewed and carefully considered.... 
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From: Robert Nichols <robert.nichols@senate.texas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:48:57 PM CDT
Subject: Automatic reply: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me
Thank you for taking the time to share your concern or opinion on  issues facing our state. Your input is valuable to me in my efforts to represent the citizens of Senate District 3. I receive numerous emails daily, and each is carefully reviewed. If you need immediate assistance please contact my Capitol office or your nearest district office at the numbers listed below. If you reside outside Senate District 3, your e-mail will be forwarded to your appropriate senator....

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From: District 7 <district7@austintexas.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:46 PM CDT
Subject: Automatic reply: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me


Thank you for contacting my office and for making your voice heard. We appreciate hearing from residents and businesses throughout District 7 and Austin....

 

Sincerely,

Leslie Pool

Council Member, District 7

512.978.2107
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From: Letters <letters@seattletimes.com>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:39 PM CDT
Subject: Thank you for your email

Thank you for submitting a letter to the editor at The Seattle Times. If your letter is selected for publication, you may be called for verification....

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From: "guardian.letters@theguardian.com" <guardian.letters@theguardian.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:46 PM CDT
Subject: Thank You For Your Email

Thank you for your email to the Guardian letters desk....
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From: Tips <tips+noreply@buzzfeed.com>
To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:37 PM CDT
Subject: Re: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

Thank you for reaching out. Due to the volume of messages, we can't reply to every person who writes us. But rest assured, one of our staff will review your email within two business days, and if we decide to follow up on your tip, we'll contact you. Thank you again.

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On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 01:28:14 PM CDT, OPENRECS <openrecs@tceq.texas.gov> wrote:

Do you have a PIR number?

Sincerely

Stacey Harper

Public Information Request Specialist

Information Resources Division, MC 197

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

512-239-3282 data line

openrecs@tceq.texas.gov

 

 

   

From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net> 
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 9:18 PM
To: OPENRECS <OPENRECS@tceq.texas.gov>; Dennis Bonnen <dennis.bonnen@speaker.texas.gov>; Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick <dan.patrick@ltgov.texas.gov>; Austin American-Statesman Managing Editor John Bridges <jbridges@statesman.com>; Margaret Moore <margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov>; Texas Tribune Editor in Chief Evan Smith <esmith@texastribune.org>; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2017 <jeffrey.travillion@traviscountytx.gov>; State Senator Sarah Eckhardt 2020 <sarah.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; campaign@saraheckhardt.com; david.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov; Joe Biden <info@joebiden.com>; Office Dallas (Cornyn) <dallas_office@cornyn.senate.gov>; United States Senate <senatewebmail@cornyn.senate.gov>; media@mjfortexas.com; Austin Police Dept. Asst. Chief Troy Gay <troy.gay@austintexas.gov>; Texas Observer Editors <editors@texasobserver.org>; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman <kbesserman@tramail.org>; ACLU of Texas <info@aclutx.org>; Texas Legal <members@texaslegal.org>; TXGov Child Sex Trafficking Team 2020 <cstt@gov.texas.gov>; Center for Science In the Public Interest <cspi@cspinet.org>; DFPS Office Of Consumer Relations <ocr@dfps.state.tx.us>; Humantrafficking <humantrafficking@oag.texas.gov>; Polarisproject Info <info@polarisproject.org>; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 <ckaiser@taasa.org>; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; State Senator Joan Huffman <joan.huffman@senate.texas.gov>; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devlpt (TX regional office) <tx_webmanager@hud.gov>; texaspolitics@mail.laits.utexas.edu; stein@rice.edu; Bnaibrith Info <info@bnaibrith.org>; The New York Times <nytnews@nytimes.com>; Texas Rangers 2015 <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; Fbinaa Info <info@fbinaa.org>; david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea <brigid.shea@traviscountytx.gov>; CountyJudgeSam Biscoe <sam.biscoe@traviscountytx.gov>; Dwayne Bohac <dwayne.bohac@house.texas.gov>; Joyful Heart Foundation for Rape Victims <info@joyfulheartfoundation.org>; Rape Abuse and Incest National Network <info@rainn.org>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; U.S. Department of Homeland Security <private.sector@dhs.gov>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 2015 <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; Spencer Cronk <spencer.cronk@austintexas.gov>; Consumer Reports <crcommunications@email.consumerreports.org>; U.S. Representative Michael McCaul <emailmccaul@mail.house.gov>; Mike Henderson <mike.henderson@traviscountytx.gov>; ogc.webmaster@dps.texas.gov; Jacqueline L. Angel <jangel@austin.utexas.edu>; hway@law.utexas.edu; news@dailytexanonline.com; Debbie Hiott <dhiott@kut.org>; Austin Chronicle Editors <mail@austinchronicle.com>; Houston Chronicle Letters to the Editor <viewpoints@chron.com>; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett <rtgarrett@dallasnews.com>; gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen 2016 <district5@austintexas.gov>; United States Senate <webmaster@cornyn.senate.gov>; Michael Eveleth <michael.eveleth@austintexas.gov>; TWC Ombudsman <ombudsman@twc.state.tx.us>; Robert Nichols <robert.nichols@senate.texas.gov>; Andrew Murr <andrew.murr@house.texas.gov>; Todd Hunter <todd.hunter@house.texas.gov>; Brandon Creighton <brandon.creighton@senate.texas.gov>; Dawn Buckingham <dawn.buckingham@senate.texas.gov>; StateRep.DonnaHoward <donna.howard@house.texas.gov>; Donna Campbell <donna.campbell@senate.texas.gov>; Rep. John Bucy 2019CentralTX <john.bucy@house.texas.gov>; Rep. Erin Zwiener 2019CentralTX <erin.zwiener@house.texas.gov>; Rep. James Talarico 2019 Central TX <james.talarico@house.texas.gov>; Rep. Vikki Goodwin 2019CentralTX <vikki.goodwin@house.texas.gov>; State Senator Eddie Lucio D-Brownsville <eddie.lucio@senate.texas.gov>; Mexican American Legislative Caucus 2020 <juresti@malc.org>; Center for Ethics and Public Integrity NAAG 2016 <aely@naag.org>; National Association of Jewish Legislators 2017 <najleg@gmail.com>; swjc@swjc.org
Subject: Fw: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

 

August 31, 2020

 

Dear Open Records Coordinator for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality state agency headquarters here in Austin, 

 

This is a polite reminder that I still have not received any reply letter from you in response to my August 13, 2020, public-information request (below).

 

If I don't hear back from you in the next few days, I will have no choice but to consider filing an online legal complaint on this with the Attorney General of Texas here in Austin.

 

Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, public-information requestor.

8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.

John Kevin McMillan

  

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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>

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Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 01:46:23 PM CDT

Subject: 8-13-20 PIR re: TCEQ Safety Staff/TCEQ Security Staff and me

 

From: John Kevin McMillan.

Home address ever since June 21, 2019:

Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Bldg. 17, 

Austin, TX 78753.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

Blog://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com

 

August 13, 2020

 

To: Public Information Officer, 

MC 197
Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ),
State Government of Texas,
P.O. Box 13087,
Austin, Texas 78711-3087
Email: openrecs@tceq.texas.gov
Phone: 512-239-0800
Fax: 512-239-OPEN (6736)

 

Dear TCEQ Public Information Officer,

This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all written communications, including any and all e-mail communications, that refer at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas, and that in the period ever since 12:01 a.m. April 28, 2011, were written, produced, generated, received, sent, mailed, or FAXed by any staff member, officer, or administrator for your Human Resources and Staff Services Division who routinely or frequently pursues job duties relating to safety issues or security issues in regard to your state agency complex in Austin or to TCEQ staff members employed at or visitors to your headquarters offices.

 

This Open Records request is prompted in part by my sensing that one or more employees or officials of your state agency possibly may have concluded that they regarded me as being a possible alleged "security risk" for your state agency.

 

I mention this partly because earlier this century I received a very surprising rejection e-mail letter, if I remember correctly, from an attorney for your state agency's Office of General Counsel. It seems to me that the staff attorney was Kevin McCalla, and that he requested in writing that I refrain from ever again directly contacting Mr. McCalla himself. I attempted today to locate that reply letter to me from Mr. McCalla, but have not been able to do so. It is possible that the rejection letter to me was written and sent to me by another attorney for your state agency in Austin.

 

According to legal documents your state agency provided me earlier this century in response to a public-information request, in November of 2001 a female Human Resources staff member of your state agency made a tentative job offer to me on the telephone for a full-time clerical job at your headquarters complex in Austin----but later retracted that job offer. That withdrawal of the job offer occurred a matter of hours after your HR Department obtained a follow-up oral statement from one of your full-time employees, Randy Hamilton, himself a former classmate of mine at Eanes Elementary School of Eanes ISD in Westlake Hills, in which Mr. Hamilton stated to your HR department staff member that if I myself were working in the same building as himself, Mr. Hamilton would feel "very uncomfortable"  about any such scenario for himself. 

 

At that time, your state agency bore the official name of "Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission". 

 

According to legal documents provided to me by your state agency in response to the above cited public-information request, Mr. Hamilton also stated to your HR department that I myself was "paranoid". He elaborated on that oral evaluation of me by stating to an HR department staff member who interviewed Mr. Hamilton that 

I myself had directly consulted private attorney John F. Campbell of Austin in regard to concerns of mine about alleged violations of my own privacy rights in Austin.

 

I myself am a dependably civil and law-abiding, gainfully-employed, permanently-drinking-alcohol-free-ever-since 1990, permanently-marijuana-free-ever-since-1984, lifelong-illicit-drugs-free in regard to any and all illicit drugs other than marijuana, facially-cleanshaven, consistently clean-talking (no profanity by me in my everyday conversations with others), lifelong-tattoo-less and anti-tattoos-minded, single adult Anglo-Saxon gentleman of English, Scottish, and German ancestry.

 

My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. I am a native of Lincoln, Nebraska; I was born there on April 27,1957.


I am a former Salutatorian of Stephen F. Austin High School of Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas. I am an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Minnesota Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communications in Minneapolis, respectively.

I have resided in Austin proper ever since mid-March 1997, during which time I have been employed by a variety of reputable employers, including the Texas Department of Public Safety state law-enforcement agency. 

During the nine-and-one-third-year period applicable to this public-information request, I have resided at the following locations, listed chronologically from oldest address for me to most recent address: 
---Wind River Crossing Apartments, 11411 Research Boulevard, Apt. 325, Austin, TX 78759; 
---Crossland Economy Studios, 12621 Hymeadow Road, Apt. 133, Austin, TX 78729; 
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 902, Austin, TX 78759;
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759;
---Austin Motor Inn, 11400 North Interstate Highway 35, a first-floor room, Austin, TX 78753; and
---Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Bldg. 17, Austin, TX 78753.

I am the founder and only approved current member of a new and non-Christian non-proselytizing "Honor Society" religion, the anti-marijuana, anti-medical-marijuana, anti-illicit-drugs, anti-tobacco, anti-drinking-alcohol, anti-tattoos, anti-profanity-minded, anti-facial-hair-minded  "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", that has very stringent membership-eligibility requirements. 

That one total religion of mine opposes home-invasion crimes, opposes personal-injury-crimes, opposes sexual assault crimes, opposes the sex crime of pederasty, opposes the infliction of profanity or obscene speech on anyone in a context that violates their own privacy rights, opposes anonymous communications that violate the privacy of the person being subjected to those communications, opposes fraudulent or knowingly dishonest communications, opposes thought-control projects, opposes so-called "deprogramming" projects, opposes kidnappings, opposes hostage-takings, opposes compelled speech that violates the privacy rights of the individual being subjected to that compelled speech against his wishes, and opposes deliberate infliction of continuous noise pollution on anyone in a context that harms that individual's own medical health or that is aimed at punishing him or her for having political or religious or personal beliefs---or personal prejudices, even---that are disliked or opposed by the perpetrators or sponsors of that noise pollution.

Numerous current or former Central Texas residents have stated to me over a multi-year period that they either dislike or intensely dislike or question the authenticity of my own fully-independent "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion" (PPR). Around the turn of the century I gave several televised speeches on behalf of that religion of mine on local Community Access Television in Austin. One younger Central Texan man left a violent-sounding and obscene anonymous recorded phone message on my telephone-answering machine inside my apartment near UT-Austin---a recorded phone message in which he volunteered that he himself is "Catholic". In his recorded message to me, he stated that he was reacting to one or more locally televised speeches of mine that I gave on behalf of my PPR religion.

 

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