Open-Government

At 3:08 PM on July 21, Commissioner Kyle Workman emailed Crusoe a copy of Leon County’s new tax abatement checklist. The file was named “DRAFT_2026 Tax Abatement Checklist_NOT APPROVED.pdf.” It had not been adopted. It had not been posted. The public hearing on it was six days away. At 4:22 PM, I emailed the County Judge’s office and asked for a copy of the same document, so people could read it before the hearing. At 4:32 PM I was told it wasn’t finished and that I’d get it when it was. I never did. It went online July 29, two days after the vote. ...

Two Texas counties held their Commissioners Court meetings the same week this June. One of them trusted its residents with the details. The other handed out a list of riddles. Compare the Leon County agenda for June 8, 2026 with the Ector County agenda for June 9, 2026. Read them side by side and the difference is impossible to miss — and impossible to excuse. What Leon County tells you Here are real items, copied word-for-word from Leon County’s posted agenda: ...