Glen Rose, Texas

From Sunshine Review

Glen Rose, Texas is a city in Somervell County, Texas.

Budget Meetings [1] Elected Officials Administrative Officials Permits, zoning {{{Building permits and zoning}}} Audits Contracts Lobbying Public records Local taxes {{{Local taxes}}}

[edit] Evaluating The Website

[edit] The good

• City council agendas and minutes^[2] are published.

A budget overview is published. ^[3]

[edit] The bad

• The website for Glen Rose, Texas does not include any information on the city council members.^[4]

• The current budget is not published.

• There is no procedure for requesting public records.

• There is no information on ethics, contracts, audits, lobbying and the tax rate.

[edit] Transparency advocates

Glen Rose is the base of operations of the Somervell County Salon, a blog that, as of 2009, provides original audio and video of local meetings and which has called for greater transparency in local government. ^[5]

[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying

Main article: Texas Municipal League members list

Glen Rose pays membership dues to the Texas Municipal League, a taxpayer-funded lobbying association.

[edit] External links

• City of Glen Rose

[edit] References

1. ↑ Agendas
2. ↑ Minutes
3. ↑ Budget overview
4. ↑ City of Glen Rose
5. ↑ Texas Watchdog, Citizen journalist lets the sun shine into Somervell public meetings, March 15, 2009

	v • d • e State of Texas Austin (capital)
Transparency	Public Information Act | Transparency Checklist | Government corruption reports | Transparency Legislation | Open Records procedures | Transparency Advocates | State budget | Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations |
Divisions	List of Counties | List of Cities | Texas school districts A - L | Texas school districts M - Z | Evaluation of county websites | Evaluation of city websites | Evaluation of school district websites |
Government	Texas State Constitution | Executive | House of Representatives | Senate |
Judiciary	Texas Supreme Court | Court of Appeals | Court of Criminal Appeals | District Courts | Judicial selection | 2008 Supreme Court elections | Judicial News | Judicial Activists |
Ballot Measures	Ballot measures (2007) | Initiative and referendum laws | History of direct democracy | Campaign finance requirements |