Independent · Evidence-first · Non-partisan

Follow the record.
Find the answer.

South Texas government, documented.

Explore RGV Investigations Records & methodology

Open Records Tracker — records identified or still needed →

New here? Start with the 5-minute guide →

Site & Publication Updates — what is live and what comes next →

Read-only publication. Only approved records are shown; there is no public editing, commenting, uploading, or sign-in.

4: Places tracked
10: Concern areas
4: Open questions

Public accountability

ORRs in Progress

4 Laguna Vista requests filed by Julie + 1 Port Isabel request sent by Julie. 5 requests listed.

Status last verified October 29, 2026

Displayed ages and timing counts are measured through October 29, 2026. Since the September 20, 2026 snapshot, no additional responsive records have been received for any open request listed below. No request is documented as complete. Earlier partial production remains described in the individual entries. ORR-2026-155 remains listed separately with timing not evaluated.

Public-information timeliness

Five requests are listed.

No request is documented as complete in the reviewed source set. ORR-2026-155 timing is not evaluated yet.

Two Laguna Vista requests have passed the 10-business-day written-notice checkpoint.

The checkpoint requires written certification and a reasonable availability date when records cannot be produced; it is not an automatic production deadline.

Timing evaluated for ORR-2026-101 and ORR-2026-135; ORR-2026-138 and ORR-2026-155 await date verification. Port Isabel remains unevaluated until certified-mail delivery or agency receipt is documented.

Timing counts are measured through October 29, 2026. The checkpoint does not itself establish a violation.

Texas Government Code § 552.221(a) requires prompt production, meaning within a reasonable time without delay. Section 552.221(d) says that if information cannot be produced within 10 business days, the public-information officer must certify that fact in writing and set a date and hour within a reasonable time when it will be available. The 10-business-day point is a written-notice checkpoint, not a universal production deadline.

Texas Government Code Chapter 552 ↗Texas Attorney General guidance ↗

How responsibility is assigned

The City Manager is the chief administrative officer and officer for public information, responsible for release. The City Secretary is the processing and delivery office.

Texas Government Code §§ 552.201 and 552.204 place public-information responsibility, and release, with a governmental body’s chief administrative officer. Each request below names the officer and processing office for its own agency.

Texas Government Code § 552.221 requires public information to be produced promptly —within a reasonable time, without delay. If it cannot be produced within 10 business days, the officer must certify that fact in writing and set a reasonable availability date. This is an informational summary, not legal advice.

ORR-2026-101 · Town of Laguna VistaPARTIAL
Financial records and supporting documentation
127 calendar days elapsed
Calendar days elapsed as of October 29, 2026
WRITTEN COMPLIANCE GAP
Statutory checkpoint: 10 business days
The Town's stated July 15 production target passed. The production remains incomplete, and no later specific date and hour for the remaining records is documented.
Delay explanation
The Town initially cited volume and later said Finance still owed documents. No current complete-availability date is documented.
Documented complete-availability date
None documented
Calendar days elapsed are shown for public tracking, not as overdue days. The statutory checkpoint is measured in business days.
Known gap
6 requested record categories remain unresolved
Production measure
16 files received
Administrative lifecycle
Partial production — follow-up open
Unresolved items
1. April 30 reporting, trial balance, and supporting schedules
2. Bank and cash-to-ledger reconciliations
3. Fund-balance classifications and rollforward
4. Reserve calculation, funding source, transfers, and authorization
5. Fund-balance, reserve, financial-management, and minimum-reserve policies
6. Journal entries and interfund-transfer schedules
The exact percentage cannot be calculated because the production does not map each file to each requested category.
File counts are not completion percentages. Administrative milestones do not measure document completeness. Calendar days elapsed are measured through October 29, 2026.
Next step — Classify each outstanding category as produced, not maintained, outside scope, or withheld under a cited exception.
Requester
Julie Clancy
Processing contact
Julia Barrera, City Secretary
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER TEXAS LAW
Who is legally responsible
Victor Treviño, City Manager
- Texas Government Code § 552.201 makes the governmental body’s chief administrative officer the officer for public information.
- Section 552.204 makes that officer responsible for the release of public information.
- The processing office may handle delivery, but that does not transfer the statutory responsibility.
Your right to prompt production
Section 552.221 requires public information to be produced promptly—within a reasonable time, without delay.
Your written-notice right after 10 business days
If the information cannot be produced within 10 business days, § 552.221(d) requires written certification of that fact and a date and hour within a reasonable time when the information will be available.
This is a written-notice checkpoint, not an automatic ten-day production deadline.
Agency charter connection
The Charter identifies the City Manager as the Town's chief administrative officer.
Read Laguna Vista Charter §3.05 (opens in a new tab)
Read Texas Government Code Chapter 552 (opens in a new tab)
ORR-2026-135 · Town of Laguna VistaPARTIAL
Tourism/TIRZ project approval records
86 calendar days elapsed
Calendar days elapsed as of October 29, 2026
COMPLIANCE NOT ESTABLISHED
Statutory checkpoint: 10 business days
A completion notice was issued and five PDFs were later received, but the remaining scope has not been classified and no agency-issued complete production manifest is verified.
Delay explanation
No documented explanation resolves the remaining scope or provides a date for complete production.
Documented complete-availability date
None documented
Calendar days elapsed are shown for public tracking, not as overdue days. The statutory checkpoint is measured in business days.
Known gap
At least 2 central issues remain unverified
Production measure
Five PDFs inventoried; no agency-issued complete production manifest verified.
Administrative lifecycle
Production received — completeness under review
Unresolved items
1. A complete final project and finance-plan record set
2. The calculation or source support for the reported approximately $28 million
File count does not establish completeness. Completeness remains under review because the received records have not been fully reconciled to the request scope.
File counts are not completion percentages. Administrative milestones do not measure document completeness. Calendar days elapsed are measured through October 29, 2026.
Next step — Obtain a complete production manifest and the missing or incomplete plan materials.
Requester
Julie Clancy
Processing contact
Julia Barrera, City Secretary
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER TEXAS LAW
Who is legally responsible
Victor Treviño, City Manager
- Texas Government Code § 552.201 makes the governmental body’s chief administrative officer the officer for public information.
- Section 552.204 makes that officer responsible for the release of public information.
- The processing office may handle delivery, but that does not transfer the statutory responsibility.
Your right to prompt production
Section 552.221 requires public information to be produced promptly—within a reasonable time, without delay.
Your written-notice right after 10 business days
If the information cannot be produced within 10 business days, § 552.221(d) requires written certification of that fact and a date and hour within a reasonable time when the information will be available.
This is a written-notice checkpoint, not an automatic ten-day production deadline.
Agency charter connection
The Charter identifies the City Manager as the Town's chief administrative officer.
Read Laguna Vista Charter §3.05 (opens in a new tab)
Read Texas Government Code Chapter 552 (opens in a new tab)
ORR-2026-138 · Town of Laguna VistaVERIFY
Supplemental financial records
70 calendar days elapsed · working date unverified
Calendar days elapsed as of October 29, 2026
COMPLIANCE STATUS UNVERIFIED
Statutory checkpoint: Not applied
Timing is not evaluated: the August 20 working start date and primary filing/receipt records remain unverified. The request, confirmation, extension notice, and any production must be verified before applying the checkpoint.
Delay explanation
The delay record cannot be evaluated until the primary notices are added.
Documented complete-availability date
None documented
Calendar days elapsed are shown for public tracking, not as overdue days. The statutory checkpoint is measured in business days.
Known gap
4 essential tracking items remain unverified
Production measure
No responsive production inventory verified
Administrative lifecycle
Filing and response timeline being verified
Unresolved items
1. Original request
2. Filing confirmation
3. Extension notice
4. Any production or substantive response
Record completeness cannot be calculated until the filing and response source set is verified.
File counts are not completion percentages. Administrative milestones do not measure document completeness. Calendar days elapsed are measured through October 29, 2026.
Next step — Add the original request, receipt confirmation, and latest agency response before advancing the tracker.
Requester
Julie Clancy
Processing contact
Julia Barrera, City Secretary
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER TEXAS LAW
Who is legally responsible
Victor Treviño, City Manager
- Texas Government Code § 552.201 makes the governmental body’s chief administrative officer the officer for public information.
- Section 552.204 makes that officer responsible for the release of public information.
- The processing office may handle delivery, but that does not transfer the statutory responsibility.
Your right to prompt production
Section 552.221 requires public information to be produced promptly—within a reasonable time, without delay.
Your written-notice right after 10 business days
If the information cannot be produced within 10 business days, § 552.221(d) requires written certification of that fact and a date and hour within a reasonable time when the information will be available.
This is a written-notice checkpoint, not an automatic ten-day production deadline.
Agency charter connection
The Charter identifies the City Manager as the Town's chief administrative officer.
Read Laguna Vista Charter §3.05 (opens in a new tab)
Read Texas Government Code Chapter 552 (opens in a new tab)
Agency number pending · City of Port IsabelAWAITING
City of Port Isabel — Long Island advertising and recruitment expenditures
44 calendar days elapsed since sent
Calendar days elapsed as of October 29, 2026
DELIVERY PENDING
Statutory checkpoint: Not applied
Sent by certified mail September 15, 2026. Delivery has not yet been documented, so no legal-response clock or deadline is shown.
Delay explanation
Not applicable until receipt is documented.
Documented complete-availability date
None documented
Calendar days elapsed are shown for public tracking, not as overdue days. The statutory checkpoint is measured in business days.
Known gap
Delivery, agency number, and the entire production remain pending
Production measure
No records received
Administrative lifecycle
Sent — delivery pending
Unresolved items
1. Certified-mail delivery confirmation
2. City-assigned request number
3. Responsive production or substantive response
Sent September 15, 2026. Delivery has not yet been documented, so no response deadline is shown.
File counts are not completion percentages. Administrative milestones do not measure document completeness. Calendar days elapsed are measured through October 29, 2026.
Next step — Add delivery confirmation and the City's assigned request number when received.
Requester
Julie Clancy
Processing contact
Susie S. Alcocer, City Secretary
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER TEXAS LAW
Who is legally responsible
Jared Hockema, City Manager
- Texas Government Code § 552.201 makes the governmental body’s chief administrative officer the officer for public information.
- Section 552.204 makes that officer responsible for the release of public information.
- The processing office may handle delivery, but that does not transfer the statutory responsibility.
Your right to prompt production
Section 552.221 requires public information to be produced promptly—within a reasonable time, without delay.
Your written-notice right after 10 business days
If the information cannot be produced within 10 business days, § 552.221(d) requires written certification of that fact and a date and hour within a reasonable time when the information will be available.
This is a written-notice checkpoint, not an automatic ten-day production deadline.
Agency charter connection
The Charter identifies the City Manager as the City's chief administrative and executive officer.
Read Port Isabel Charter §3.01 (opens in a new tab)
Read Texas Government Code Chapter 552 (opens in a new tab)
ORR-2026-155 · Laguna Vista
Two Fund 100 reports. One $153,668 question.
Request
ORR-2026-155
Requester
Julie
Status
SUBMITTED — REQUESTER-REPORTED; CONFIRMATION/DATE AWAITING VERIFICATION
Filing date
Awaiting verification from the dated Town confirmation/email
Reconciliation
Resolution status: UNRESOLVED
Timing status not evaluated yet. No filing age, overdue count, or legal-response clock is shown until the filing date is verified. This entry does not represent a new status review.
As of October 29, 2026, no confirmation or responsive records have been verified. Timing remains unevaluated until the dated Town confirmation or email is added.
The reporting difference is unresolved; it does not establish missing money or wrongdoing.
Read the source comparison and request scope →

View the full tracker

Laguna Vista · Resident Resource

The Homebuyer Experience Record

A voluntary, privacy-conscious resource for understanding and documenting a construction or warranty experience. Includes an informal public-interest poll.

Vote & preview the record

Start with a concern

Ten recurring categories of public concern. Each one leads to the same structure: question, status, records, finding, gap.

All concerns

Open questions

Browse all with filters

Long Island · Marketing & RecruitmentAWAITING RECORDS
How much public money has been spent advertising, marketing or recruiting development for Long Island?
Next record — Itemized advertising and consultant expenditures by fiscal year.
Open the topic page →
Laguna Vista · General Fund (Fund 100)AWAITING RECORDS
What accounting records reconcile the changing FY2026 beginning Fund 100 balances and the differing net-change/net-income figures contained in the Town’s own financial reports?
Next record — Trial balance, journal entries, cash-to-ledger reconciliations, and a beginning-to-ending fund-balance rollforward requested under ORR-2026-101.
Open the topic page →
Laguna Vista · MarinaPARTIALLY DOCUMENTED
What records establish the ownership, operating authority, public access and funding structure of the marina?
Next record — Current marina lease and the ordinance authorizing it.
Open the topic page →
Laguna Vista · CDCVERIFY
How are transactions between the Town and CDC authorized, classified and reconciled?
Next record — CDC transaction source file and reconciling entries.
Open the topic page →

How Public Record works

01
Start with a place or a concern
Every entry point leads to the same structure, so nothing depends on knowing the right name first.
02
Ask one answerable question
Each topic is framed as a question a record can actually answer — not as an accusation.
03
Attach the record, or mark the gap
Claims carry an evidence status. Where the record is missing, we name the record we still need.
04
Connect the dots in public
Relationships between people, entities, money, and law are drawn only where evidence supports them.

Every topic follows one spine

Place
Concern
Question
Status
What we know
Records
Connect the Dots
Finding
What we still don't know
Next record

About Public Record — mission, publishing authority and editorial standards →

Signature view

No arrow without evidence.

Connect the Dots maps people, entities, money, law and records around a single question — and shows the status of every link. Where a relationship is incomplete, the arrow itself is marked VERIFY, PARTIAL or AWAITING RECORDS. The Laguna Vista marina is the developed evidence map.

Open Connect the Dots Read the Marina topic page

Evidence status legend

Every claim, topic, and relationship on this site carries one of these six statuses.

DOCUMENTED: Directly established by primary evidence.
PARTIALLY DOCUMENTED: Some parts are established, but material questions remain.
AWAITING RECORDS: Records have been identified as necessary, or requested, but are not yet available.
VERIFY: Evidence points to the issue, but additional primary documentation or reconciliation is needed.
DISPUTED: Relevant records or official accounts conflict.
RESOLVED: The available record sufficiently answers the original question.

Follow the record.
Find the answer.

ORRs in Progress

Financial records and supporting documentation

Tourism/TIRZ project approval records

Supplemental financial records

City of Port Isabel — Long Island advertising and recruitment expenditures

Two Fund 100 reports. One $153,668 question.

The Homebuyer Experience Record

Start with a concern

Money & Spending

Land & Development

Public Records

Property Taxes

Public Assets

Government Decisions

Contracts & Procurement

Public Safety

Schools & Hiring

Ethics & Governance

Open questions

How Public Record works

Start with a place or a concern

Ask one answerable question

Attach the record, or mark the gap

Connect the dots in public

No arrow without evidence.

Evidence status legend

Follow the record.Find the answer.

ORRs in Progress

Financial records and supporting documentation

Tourism/TIRZ project approval records

Supplemental financial records

City of Port Isabel — Long Island advertising and recruitment expenditures

Two Fund 100 reports. One $153,668 question.

The Homebuyer Experience Record

Start with a concern

Money & Spending

Land & Development

Public Records

Property Taxes

Public Assets

Government Decisions

Contracts & Procurement

Public Safety

Schools & Hiring

Ethics & Governance

Open questions

How Public Record works

Start with a place or a concern

Ask one answerable question

Attach the record, or mark the gap

Connect the dots in public

No arrow without evidence.

Evidence status legend

Follow the record.
Find the answer.