Thursday, January 21, 2021

THE FOLLOW-UP LETTER I WROTE AND E-MAILED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR SARA WINN OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA:

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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: sara.winn@traviscountytx.gov <sara.winn@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County District Attorney Open Records 2015 <daopenrecordsrequests@traviscountytx.gov>; Texas Freedom of Info Foundation 2020 <kelley.shannon@foift.org>; National Freedom of Information Coalition 2016 <nfoic@nfoic.org>; Austin Police Dept. Asst. Chief Troy Gay <troy.gay@austintexas.gov>; Robert Kepple <robert.kepple@tdcaa.com>; public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; jose.garza@traviscountytx.gov <jose.garza@traviscountytx.gov>; delia.garza@traviscountytx.gov <delia.garza@traviscountytx.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Constituent Assistance <district14.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; Fbinaa Info <info@fbinaa.org>; Office for Victims of Crime U.S. DOJ <itverp@usdoj.gov>; Darla Dixon <darla.dixon@tcole.texas.gov>; Texas Rangers 2015 <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; U.S. Department of Homeland Security <private.sector@dhs.gov>; icehumantrafficking.helpdesk@dhs.gov <icehumantrafficking.helpdesk@dhs.gov>; CID <cid@cpa.texas.gov>; Common Cause <causenet@commoncause.org>; Democratic National Committee <webmaster@democrats.org>; Austin Crime Commission 2020 <info@austincrime.org>; elder.justice@usdoj.gov <elder.justice@usdoj.gov>; Texas Legislative Council General Counsel 2016 <jon.heining@tlc.texas.gov>; charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov <charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov <david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Tamara Smith <tamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Center for Ethics and Public Integrity NAAG 2016 <aely@naag.org>; Marybeth Smith <marybeth.smith@traviscountytx.gov>; Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick <dan.patrick@ltgov.texas.gov>; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; carol.alvarado@senate.texas.gov <carol.alvarado@senate.texas.gov>; p139@traviscountydemocrats.org <p139@traviscountydemocrats.org>; info@traviscountydemocrats.org <info@traviscountydemocrats.org>; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 <ckaiser@taasa.org>; takebackhope@tlsc.org <takebackhope@tlsc.org>; TXGov Child Sex Trafficking Team 2020 <cstt@gov.texas.gov>; Mike Henderson <mike.henderson@traviscountytx.gov>; Daniel Evans <daniel.evans@traviscountytx.gov>; Dave Mahoney <dave.mahoney@traviscountytx.gov>; APD Interim Police Chief Brian Manley <brian.manley@austintexas.gov>; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; Texas Tribune Editor in Chief Evan Smith <esmith@texastribune.org>; Steven Rich <steven.rich@washpost.com>; Criminal Justice Journalists Board Member Rashbaum <rashbaum@nytimes.com>; letters@washpost.com <letters@washpost.com>; Miami Herald Letters to Editor <heralded@miamiherald.com>; jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov <jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov <central_texas@cruz.senate.gov>; Moriarty Kate (Cornyn) <kate_moriarty@cornyn.senate.gov>; Office Dallas (Cornyn) <dallas_office@cornyn.senate.gov>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 2015 <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; U.S. Representative Michael McCaul <emailmccaul@mail.house.gov>; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; jeff.leach@house.texas.gov <jeff.leach@house.texas.gov>; victoria.neave@house.texas.gov <victoria.neave@house.texas.gov>; Nicole D. Collier <nicole.collier@house.texas.gov>; State Senator Joan Huffman <joan.huffman@senate.texas.gov>; carol.alvarado@senate.texas.gov <carol.alvarado@house.texas.gov>; Mexican American Legislative Caucus 2020 <juresti@malc.org>; Brandon Creighton <brandon.creighton@senate.texas.gov>; Robert Nichols <robert.nichols@senate.texas.gov>; Andrew Murr <andrew.murr@house.texas.gov>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; FAIRHOUSING CRT (CRT) <fairhousing@usdoj.gov>; todd.hunter@house.texas.gov <todd.hunter@house.texas.gov>; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett <rtgarrett@dallasnews.com>; CBS News '60 Minutes' Editors and Reporters <60m@cbsnews.com>; NBC Nightly News Headqrtrs 2016 <contact.nbcnews@nbcuni.com>; Texas Observer Editors <editors@texasobserver.org>; bchasnoff@express-news.com <bchasnoff@express-news.com>; Letters To the Editor <letters@express-news.net>; tsteele@dallasnews.com <tsteele@dallasnews.com>; news@texasmonthly.com <news@texasmonthly.com>; KEYE CBS News Austin 2017 <news@cbsaustin.com>; KXAN TV News Investigations <reportit@kxan.com>; Patsy Spaw <patsy.spaw@senate.texas.gov>; andy.brown@traviscountytx.gov <andy.brown@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea <brigid.shea@traviscountytx.gov>; tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov <tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2017 <jeffrey.travillion@traviscountytx.gov>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen 2016 <district5@austintexas.gov>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 09:34:47 PM CST
Subject: Fw: Automatic reply: [CAUTION EXTERNAL] 12-24-20 PIR re: my DA's Office complaint vs. State Rep, Eddie Rodriguez

January 21, 2021

Dear Travis County District Attorney's Office Public Information Coordinator Winn,

I have not received a follow-up note from you that provides me with an estimated deadline by which you expect to provide me with any and all legal documents responsive to my December 24, 2020, public-information request to your DA's Office here in Austin, Texas.

That information request of mine to your DA's Office in Austin was focused on legal documents on file with your DA's Office that refer to my August of 2020 civilly-worded Open Records legal complaint through your DA's Office against Democratic Party-affiliated State Representative Eddie Rodriguez of Austin, Texas.

My August 2020 Open Records complaint to your DA's Office against Rep. Eddie Rodriguez had cited the absence of any reply note or any reply letter to me from Rep. Rodriguez or any staff member of his in response to a June 30, 2020, e-mail public-information request of mine to Rep. Rodriguez at his official Texas Legislature email address. 

That very straightforward and narrowly-focused June 30, 2020, public-information request of mine addressed to Rep. Eddie Rodriguez had stated that I sought "a copy of any and all written communications, including any e-mail communications, that you or a legislative staff member of yours has or have written at any time since June 14, 2016, and that in each such document referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas."

Ms. Winn, I hope to hear back from you on this in the very near future.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,
public-information requestor John Kevin McMillan.
My solo-occupancy efficiency-apartment-unit rental-home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Bldg. 17, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

John Kevin McMillan


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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: sara.winn@traviscountytx.gov <sara.winn@traviscountytx.gov>; TCDAPublic@traviscountytx.gov <tcdapublic@traviscountytx.gov>; DAOpenRecordsRequests@traviscountytx.gov <daopenrecordsrequests@traviscountytx.gov>; Joe Biden <info@joebiden.com>; Fbinaa Info <info@fbinaa.org>; Austin Police Dept. Asst. Chief Troy Gay <troy.gay@austintexas.gov>; delia.garza@traviscountytx.gov <delia.garza@traviscountytx.gov>; public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Office for Victims of Crime U.S. DOJ <itverp@usdoj.gov>; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; Texas Rangers 2015 <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov <tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt <sarah.eckhardt@traviscountytx.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Constituent Assistance <district14.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Public Policy <andromeda.roberts@senate.texas.gov>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>; Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2019 <jeffrey.travillion@traviscountytx.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>; Humantrafficking <humantrafficking@oag.texas.gov>; Polarisproject Info <info@polarisproject.org>; National Human Trafficking Hotline <nhtrc@polarisproject.org>; Rape Abuse and Incest National Network <info@rainn.org>; takebackhope@tlsc.org <takebackhope@tlsc.org>; Robert Kepple <robert.kepple@tdcaa.com>; Jalayne Robinson <jalayne.robinson@tdcaa.com>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov <central_texas@cruz.senate.gov>; Moriarty Kate (Cornyn) <kate_moriarty@cornyn.senate.gov>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 2015 <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; U.S. Representative Michael McCaul <emailmccaul@mail.house.gov>; jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov <jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 12:41:00 PM CST
Subject: Fw: Automatic reply: [CAUTION EXTERNAL] 12-24-20 PIR re: my DA's Office complaint vs. State Rep, Eddie Rodriguez

January 13, 2021

Dear Travis County District Attorney's Office Open Records Coordinator Sara Winn,

I hope to hear from you soon in response to the follow-up reminder note (below) I sent yesterday to the official Open Records Coordinator e-mail address for the Travis County District Attorney's Office here in Austin.

Please do not hesitate to write to me if you have any questions about my December 24, 2020, public-information request I e-mailed that day to your DA's Office.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,
current public-information coordinator John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas.
My current solo-occupancy efficiency-rental-apartment-unit home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments (a Belco Equities-affiliated, large gated-community complex), 8805 North Plaza Drive, Building 17, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.


John Kevin McMillan


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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
To: Travis County District Attorney Open Records 2015 <daopenrecordsrequests@traviscountytx.gov>; Fbinaa Info <info@fbinaa.org>; Joe Biden <info@joebiden.com>; Austin Police Dept. Asst. Chief Troy Gay <troy.gay@austintexas.gov>; Austin City Council Member Delia Garza 2015 <delia.garza@austintexas.gov>; david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov <david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Angela Paxton <angela.paxton@senate.texas.gov>; Office for Victims of Crime U.S. DOJ <itverp@usdoj.gov>; elder.justice@usdoj.gov <elder.justice@usdoj.gov>; State Senator Sarah Eckhardt 2020 <sarah.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Constituent Assistance <district14.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Public Policy <andromeda.roberts@senate.texas.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; City of Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; tamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov <tamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Rep. Sheryl Cole 2019 CentralTX <sheryl.cole@house.texas.gov>; Travis County Commissioner Jeffrey Travillion 2017 <jeffrey.travillion@traviscountytx.gov>; andy.brown@traviscountytx.gov <andy.brown@traviscountytx.gov>; Democratic National Committee <webmaster@democrats.org>; Dennis Bonnen <dennis.bonnen@speaker.texas.gov>; Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick <dan.patrick@ltgov.texas.gov>; Hernandez Sally [TCSO] <sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov>; Texas Rangers 2015 <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; Humantrafficking <humantrafficking@oag.texas.gov>; TXGov Child Sex Trafficking Team 2020 <cstt@gov.texas.gov>; takebackhope@tlsc.org <takebackhope@tlsc.org>; Rape Abuse and Incest National Network <info@rainn.org>; Polarisproject Info <info@polarisproject.org>; National Human Trafficking Hotline <nhtrc@polarisproject.org>; Jason Laduque <jason.laduque@austintexas.gov>; Issa.Kafena <issa.kafena@austintexas.gov>; lawrence.davis@austintexas.gov <lawrence.davis@austintexas.gov>; ruben.espinoza@austintexas.gov <ruben.espinoza@austintexas.gov>; brandon.lee@austintexas.gov <brandon.lee@austintexas.gov>; APD Officer James Turner <james.turner@austintexas.gov>; Mike King <michael.king@austintexas.gov>; Lelan Larroque <lelan.larroque@austintexas.gov>; jose.garza@traviscountytx.gov <jose.garza@traviscountytx.gov>; APD Chief Brian Manley 2020 <brian.manley@austintexas.gov>; tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov <tracy.martinez@dps.texas.gov>; Texas Dept. of Public Safety Officers Assn. President <president@dpsoa.com>; Texas Dept. of Public Safety Officers Assn. Director <director@dpsoa.com>; District 4 <district4@austintexas.gov>; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 <ckaiser@taasa.org>; Mike Henderson <mike.henderson@traviscountytx.gov>; Rey Arellano <rey.arellano@austintexas.gov>; U.S. Department of Homeland Security <private.sector@dhs.gov>; icehumantrafficking.helpdesk@dhs.gov <icehumantrafficking.helpdesk@dhs.gov>; Senator Sarah Eckhardt Political Items <sarah@saraheckhardt.com>; p139@traviscountydemocrats.org <p139@traviscountydemocrats.org>; Saundra Ragona <ssragona@gmail.com>; kpwatson@uh.edu <kpwatson@uh.edu>; Austin Crime Commission 2020 <info@austincrime.org>; Crime Victims' Institute2020 Sam Htn State U <crimevictims@shsu.edu>; shawn.dick@wilco.org <shawn.dick@wilco.org>; Williamson County TX Attorney 2016 <pvasquez@wilco.org>; Robert Kepple <robert.kepple@tdcaa.com>; Jalayne Robinson <jalayne.robinson@tdcaa.com>; Texas Tribune Editor in Chief Evan Smith <esmith@texastribune.org>; State Senator Joan Huffman <joan.huffman@senate.texas.gov>; Senator John Whitmire <john.whitmire@senate.texas.gov>; Rep. John Bucy 2019CentralTX <john.bucy@house.texas.gov>; charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov <charles.wood@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; StateRep.DonnaHoward <donna.howard@house.texas.gov>; Gina Hinojosa <gina.hinojosa@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>; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 2015 <lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov>; U.S. Representative Michael McCaul <emailmccaul@mail.house.gov>; Moriarty Kate (Cornyn) <kate_moriarty@cornyn.senate.gov>; central_texas@cruz.senate.gov <central_texas@cruz.senate.gov>; jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov <jacob_chamblin@cruz.senate.gov>; Office Dallas (Cornyn) <dallas_office@cornyn.senate.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 08:18:26 PM CST
Subject: Fw: Automatic reply: [CAUTION EXTERNAL] 12-24-20 PIR re: my DA's Office complaint vs. State Rep, Eddie Rodriguez

January 12, 2021

Dear Open Records Coordinator for the Travis County District Attorney's Office here in Austin,

Thank you for your December 24, 2020, reply letter (below) to me in regard to my December 24, 2020, public-information request.

My request: "I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all documents or records that refer to or comprise legal actions pursued by the Travis County District Attorney's Office in response to or in regard to my summer of 2020 Open Records complaint against the Democratic Party-affiliated Austinite State Representative Eddie Rodriguez --- a complaint that I had submitted in writing to your DA's Office."

Nearly three weeks have passed since you sent me your only reply letter so far in response to the above-cited December 24, 2020, public-information request.

Are you now able to provide me with an expected deadline by which you expect to be able to provide me with any and all legal documents responsive to that request from me?

Also, do you plan to ask permission from Attorney General Paxton to withhold from the general public one or more cited documents responsive to my December 24 PIR to your DA's Office?

Thank you in advance for your helpful reply letter to me on this.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, public-information requestor.
My current solo-occupancy efficiency-rental-apartment-unit home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments (a Belco Equities-affiliated, large gated-community complex), 8805 North Plaza Drive, Building 17, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.

John Kevin McMillan


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From: DAOpenRecordsRequests <daopenrecordsrequests@traviscountytx.gov>
To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 11:54:00 PM CST
Subject: Automatic reply: [CAUTION EXTERNAL] 12-24-20 PIR re: my DA's Office complaint vs. State Rep, Eddie Rodriguez

Please be aware that the processing and fulfillment of public records requests may be delayed due to the emergency workforce reductions and modified operations that have been adopted as part of the County’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to guidelines issued by the Texas Attorney General’s Office, the allowable time period for responding to requests under the Public Information Act does not include any calendar days upon which a governmental body’s administrative offices are closed or operating with only a skeleton crew, or the governmental body’s records cannot be accessed because its staff is either working remotely or is directly involved in the public health or epidemic response. Please see the Attorney General’s website for more information:

 

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/open-government/governmental-bodies/catastrophe-notice/update-calculation-business-days-and-covid-19.


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