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I ~-- IIfJ?( I CUll of San ../I1aycos P. o. Box 725 5<<" ...MarcoB~ c::l'exas TELEPHONE: Ar~5 Code 512 EXport 2.2417 10 July 1963 Hon. City Council of San Marcos, Texas Dear Sirs: In regard to the following motion passed on July 8, 1963: "I move that Mr. FUller, the City Manager, be instructed to personally contact and talk to the former Chief of Police, William Allbright, and see if he wishes the proceedings of a closed meeting in April, 1962, be made public, or not. I will abide by his wishes" I feel it is my duty and responsibility to veto this action for the following reasons: :1 1. The new members of this Council are in complete darkness as to the proceedings of the above mentioned closed meeting. 2. The new members of this Council do not know if the information to be made public is true or false. 3. This Council does not know if the witnesses in the closed session were assured of the secrecy of their testimony. 4. This Council does not know if the witnesses would want their information, given in a closed session, made public. 5. This Council does not know if the information they are being asked to make public might get them, as individuals, in an expensive lawsuit. 6. This Council does not know if the information it is being asked to make public would be in the best interest of the City of San Marcos, and not get the City in an expensive lawsuit. "I 7. It is apparent that the best interest of the City of San Marcos would not be served by the present Council revealing proceedings of a closed session of a previous Council, as this would question the integrity of the previous Council's action. 8. It is of utmost importance that the citizens of San Marcos haVe complete confidence in their Council, and an honest feeling that