Todd P. Graves Direct Dial: (816) 256-3181 Fax: (816) 817-0863 [email protected]September 7, 2015 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Judge Keith Self Commissioner Susan Fletcher Commissioner Cheryl Williams Commissioner Chris Hill Commissioner Duncan Webb Collin County Administration Building 2300 Bloomdale Rd., Suite 4192 McKinney, TX 75071 Email: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]Re: Expenditure of Taxpayer Funds for Attorneys Pro Tem Dear Judge Self and Commissioners: I write today on behalf of Jeffory Blackard, a taxpayer and real property owner in Collin County. It is our understanding that the Collin County Commissioners Court is prepared to authorize an expenditure from the general fund that is not lawful under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the Texas Fair Defense Act (“FDA”), and the Local Rules that Collin County passed to implement the FDA. We intend to challenge this authorization should it be provided. The pending expenditure is to pay for two or more attorneys pro tem (i.e., attorneys to take the place of a district attorney) who work in private practice in another part of the state. Your action is needed to avoid an unlawful use of taxpayer funds, and if taken promptly can save Collin County from additional costs related to litigation of the taxpayer action we plan to bring in order to enforce the law.
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