2009 FBISD Tax Hearing (On YouTube)

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2009 FBISD CONTROVERSIAL TAX HEARING (YES THEY ARE RAISING THEM AGAIN--see petition of over 500 district taxpayers asking for board accountability) --In case anyone missed it they raised the property tax rate again (4th time) in 2010 and more than likely will do so again in 2011 facing another projected 15-20 million dollar budget deficit, according to some media reports. ***NEW*** ..Petition TO STOP THE GSTC (Global Science Museum being planned at the district central office--near $30 million dollar project that superintendent Jenney is pushing): http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopthegcst/ (see update below on this apparently ending this project after 2 years)

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Feldman & Rogers Lawfirm In Houston Initiates Potential SLAPP-suit Against GISD Taxpayer (A GISDWatch Member)-

This just came in from a sister site GISDWatchDogs. Ms. Tetley, a taxpayer/voter, runs the website for the GISDWatch group and is being threatened by attorneys for the GISD school system with a classic SLAPP-suit to pressure her into removing numerous posts/opinions from the GISDWatch website.

Read this article for more: http://blogs.galvnews.com/story109087.html

See the site for yourself: http://gisdwatch.com/

"One legal expert said the district’s move to sue Tetley is rare and unlawful. Under the 1964 Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan, government entities cannot sue for libel — any court would toss out the “threatening” suit as being inconsistent with U.S. law, said Sandra Baron, executive director of New-York based Media Law Resource Center. She called the district’s potential lawsuit an intimidation tactic and a waste of taxpayer dollars."

We wish our sister site well and would be happy to testify, at no charge, in a SLAPP-suit on her behalf. Additionally we can recommend some wonderful anti-SLAPP lawyers if needed and would suggest contacting Houston media and the ACLU or Public Cause for more help.

Question: I wonder how much taxpayer money will go into this "frivolous" lawsuit?

Get more on this from KISDWatchDogs & the Houston Press at:

http://www.katycitizens.org/index_files/Page604.htm

UPDATE: FBISDWatch has taken the liberty of contacting Houston media sources over this and fully supports and endorses the first amendment rights of all taxpayers/citizens! We will update this as it continues...

SLAPP-suit definition (currently legal in TX but outlawed in 24 other states and most legal experts claim these violate the constitution and are an abuse of process) -- see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation

Feldman & Rogers, a large Houston law firm, have handled many cases over the years for Fort Bend ISD as well as many other large school district clients with several Texas offices.