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AN INDEPENDENT CASE STUDY Mount Pleasant, Texas

A GUIDE TO THE NAMES IN THE RECORD

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People, institutions and the paper trail between them.

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Roles describe the relevant record period.
Dates show the linked material, not a term of office.

38 of 38 directory entries

Profile images are editorial illustrations. Organization scenes are symbolic; the Southwest plant illustration uses exaggerated satire and does not depict actual conditions.

City government

Candias Webster

City Secretary / Assistant City Manager

City of Mount Pleasant

Handles the City’s records correspondence and signs the OAG certifications in this collection. Her production notices, cost estimates and descriptions of searches are compared with the delivered records.

Jun 27, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

36 dated entries · 115 linked source destinations

City government

Lynn Barrett

City Planner · formerly Director of Development Services

City of Mount Pleasant

Previously identified as the City's development-services director; the FY 2026–2027 budget places Barrett in a planner role and lists the director position as vacant. She is named on the October 17 City–DSHS meeting invitation and in correspondence about the TLE notice. The invitation does not establish attendance.

Oct 17, 2025 – Oct 20, 2025

2 dated entries · 10 linked source destinations

City government

John Ankrum

City Building Official

City of Mount Pleasant

Appears in inspection records, DSHS referrals and permit correspondence. A recorded October 17 call is compared with the later inspection sequence.

Jun 27, 2025 – Oct 28, 2025

14 dated entries · 41 linked source destinations

Legal

Austin Beck

Associate attorney · Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C.

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C. · City counsel

Corresponds for the City on records requests, cost estimates and the mandamus dispute. The August 25 and 27 letters and estimates are linked to their comparison records.

Jun 27, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026

12 dated entries · 30 linked source destinations

Legal

Lea Ann Ream

Shareholder · Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C. · Interim City Attorney

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C. · City counsel

Appears in the produced Ordinance 2025-24 thread, City-counsel contact with the DA and the September 18 search discussion. The ordinance thread’s production history and privilege issue are separately documented.

Nov 26, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

6 dated entries · 22 linked source destinations

Police

Mark Buhman

Police Chief during the relevant record period

Mount Pleasant Police Department

Named in the October text and RMS sequence and the environmental-complaint routing. Police records are included within the narrowed case, call-count and fire-watch scope.

Oct 22, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025

3 dated entries · 5 linked source destinations

City government

Rob Vine

City Manager · former Dayton Police Chief and Deputy City Manager

City of Mount Pleasant / historical Dayton records

At Dayton, Vine served as Police Chief and Deputy City Manager. Vine's LinkedIn profile also identifies him as Emergency Management Coordinator; a Dayton agenda documents his work on emergency-operations procedures. The present record connects his October 17 routing instruction with the December 3 and February 18 discussions. The Dayton investigations remain separate historical comparisons.

Jul 20, 2021 – Jul 4, 2026

15 dated entries · 32 linked source destinations

Council

Jonathan Hageman

City Council · Place 3

City of Mount Pleasant

Named among recipients of the September 16 compensation-record follow-up. Being copied on a message does not establish a reply, attendance at a meeting or an individual decision.

Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026

2 dated entries · 12 linked source destinations

Council

Kelly Redfearn-Faulkner

City Council · Place 4

City of Mount Pleasant

Named among recipients of the September 16 compensation-record follow-up. The linked entries provide Council context; they do not attribute the City’s production decisions to this recipient.

Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026

2 dated entries · 12 linked source destinations

Council

Carl Hinton

Mayor Pro Tem · City Council Place 5

City of Mount Pleasant

Participates in the February 18 meeting and its discussion of inspections and the Dayton materials. Transcript passages retain timestamps and the audio-verification limitation.

Feb 18, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026

7 dated entries · 19 linked source destinations

Council

Wesley Lyon

Mayor of Mount Pleasant

City of Mount Pleasant

Appears in Council proceedings, the February 18 meeting and the September 18 search discussion. The September 15 Council entries link the two appearances and the interrupted remarks.

Feb 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026

9 dated entries · 35 linked source destinations

Council

Debbie Corbell

City Council · Place 1 · former City code-enforcement director

City of Mount Pleasant

Corbell now serves in Council Place 1. Historical payroll data published by GovSalaries list her 2015–2016 position as Director of Code Enforcement. A saved TDLR license verification for Deborah McPeters-Corbell lists registered Code Enforcement Officer license 0218, first issued March 27, 1992 and expired March 31, 2019; it does not describe a current license. She is named among recipients of the September 16 compensation-record follow-up; receipt does not establish her response.

Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026

2 dated entries · 12 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration detail showing Charles “Chuck” Bailey’s name on a district attorney door

County

Charles “Chuck” Bailey

District Attorney · 76th Judicial District

76th Judicial District · Titus and Camp Counties

Receives the City-related escalations beginning in October 2025. The chronology includes his responses, no-action correspondence, OAG determinations and produced contact with City counsel.

Oct 21, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

15 dated entries · 42 linked source destinations

Illustration of Kyle Douglas Moring carrying his dog

Other

Kyle Douglas Moring

Former Walmart Store 131 Asset Protection Investigator · OSHA 11(c) and FSMA complainant · site author

Independent case study

Former Asset Protection Investigator at Walmart Store 131. He raised workplace and safety concerns, filed OSHA 11(c) and FSMA complaints, submitted records requests and pursued Cause 44437. This site is his account; his observations and recollections are labeled separately from source records and official findings.

May 1, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

86 dated entries · 243 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of Seth Bryan in a charcoal blazer and pale shirt.

Other

Seth Bryan

Bryan IT · City IT vendor; named in Titus County IT records

Bryan IT

Bryan IT is identified as the City's technical administrator for complex mailbox searches. County records also name Seth Bryan in an IT-services matter. Bryan participated by phone in the September 18 discussion of the Walmart search and a possible rerun.

Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026

1 dated entries · 11 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of Jesse Prado wearing a cream cowboy hat and patterned blazer.

Other

Jesse Prado

Investigator · historical Dayton report

Dayton / Quiroz report

His report discusses investigative routing, supervision and incomplete email strings. The report’s historical findings are compared with present records questions without treating them as proof of a current event.

Jul 4, 2026 – Jul 4, 2026

2 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of Theo Melancon in a blue button-down shirt.

Other

Theo Melancon

Former Dayton City Manager · author of the July 20, 2021 report

City of Dayton · historical materials

His report addresses the scope of Vine’s inquiry and complaint issues left unanswered. The later Willard memorandum is linked alongside it to preserve the subsequent recommendation.

Jul 20, 2021 – Jul 30, 2021

2 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of David Willard wearing round glasses and a navy suit.

Other

David Willard

Dayton Interim City Manager · author of the July 30, 2021 memorandum

Dayton · historical materials

The later memorandum recommends retaining Vine’s roles and pay. It is included with the earlier inquiry findings so readers can follow both documents.

Jul 20, 2021 – Jul 30, 2021

2 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of an imagined city hall with clock tower; symbolic imagery for City of Mount Pleasant.

City government

City of Mount Pleasant

Municipal government

City of Mount Pleasant

The central records-producing body. The collection follows inspections, permits, City correspondence, Council escalations and records-request handling.

May 1, 2023 – Sep 18, 2026

66 dated entries · 192 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of an empty council dais and agenda folder; symbolic imagery for Mount Pleasant City Council.

Council

Mount Pleasant City Council

Mayor and Council

Mount Pleasant City Council

Council correspondence and meeting records show when concerns were raised and how proceedings unfolded. Group-level entries do not establish every member’s participation.

Oct 17, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026

13 dated entries · 39 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of courthouse columns and an unmarked ledger; symbolic imagery for Titus County.

County

Titus County

County government

Titus County

County context is represented here by the District Attorney’s correspondence, complaint review and related records.

Oct 21, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

15 dated entries · 44 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of balance scales, law books and folders; symbolic imagery for Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C.

Legal

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C.

Outside legal counsel

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C. · City counsel

The firm also appears as DTRG in the case record. Its letters, estimates and legal positions are linked here; individual profiles distinguish Ream's and Beck's correspondence.

Nov 24, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

21 dated entries · 55 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a blank envelope and folders beside a stylized Texas Capitol; symbolic imagery for Texas Office of the Attorney General.

State agencies

Texas Office of the Attorney General

Open-records and complaint review

Texas Office of the Attorney General

Receives the City’s certifications and the related TPIA complaint escalations. Agency determinations are distinguished from the parties’ descriptions.

Oct 22, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026

22 dated entries · 63 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of an imagined access ramp with plans and a ruler; symbolic imagery for Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Regulators

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Architectural-barriers project registry and complaint correspondence

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

TDLR’s public TABS record identifies the Store 131 CAP-X refrigeration remodel. In a separate August 4, 2026 letter, the agency said EAB case EAB20250019887 was open and under review. The letter does not report a violation or establish the case’s later status.

May 7, 2024 – Aug 4, 2026

2 dated entries · 3 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a sample bottle, leaf and notebook beside an imagined waterway; symbolic imagery for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Regulators

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

State environmental agency

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Permit application materials describe the Southwest WWTP ownership and operating relationship. Separate entries trace the routing of environmental concerns.

May 1, 2023 – Sep 16, 2026

4 dated entries · 9 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a house and magnifying glass over an abstract parcel map; symbolic imagery for Titus Central Appraisal District.

County

Titus Central Appraisal District

Property appraisal district

Titus Central Appraisal District

Correspondence asks the City to reconcile Walmart permit values. Appraisal and permit information are presented with their distinct purposes.

May 1, 2023 – Sep 2, 2025

3 dated entries · 11 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a shopping cart outside an imagined blue storefront; symbolic imagery for Walmart Store #131.

Corporate

Walmart Store #131

Retail facility · Mount Pleasant, Texas

Walmart Store #131

The facility at the center of the roof, food-safety, inspection and criminal-trespass sequence. Later photographs from other stores require separate location identification.

Jun 29, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026

22 dated entries · 60 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a white chicken with an imagined poultry facility; symbolic imagery for Pilgrim’s Pride.

Corporate

Pilgrim’s Pride

Company named in the wastewater permit materials

Pilgrim’s Pride

Attachment A and related permit records describe the company’s relationship to the City-owned Southwest WWTP. The records do not establish the symbolic scene shown in the editorial artwork.

May 1, 2023 – May 1, 2023

1 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Satirical editorial illustration of an imagined treatment basin with exaggerated glowing green water, bubbles and vapor; symbolic imagery for Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant.

City government

Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant

City-owned facility in the TCEQ application

Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant

Satirical editorial illustration with deliberately exaggerated toxic-looking water; not evidence or a depiction of actual plant conditions.

The application and Attachment A connect City ownership with Pilgrim’s operation of the facility. Read the permit records for the precise terms.

May 1, 2023 – May 1, 2023

1 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of a laptop with a folder symbol and paper folders; symbolic imagery for OpenGov.

Corporate

OpenGov

Records portal provider

OpenGov

Appears in the reported portal-disclosure concerns and later cybersecurity correspondence. Reports of exposure are distinguished from findings about cause or responsibility.

May 28, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026

2 dated entries · 6 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of an imagined electrical cabinet and cable; symbolic imagery for Schneider Electric.

Corporate

Schneider Electric

Company named in regulatory-correspondence records

Schneider Electric

Included in the produced regulatory-correspondence and disclosure-notice sequence.

May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026

1 dated entries · 4 linked source destinations

Editorial illustration of unmarked archival binders and an imagined civic building; symbolic imagery for City of Dayton / historical reports.

Other

City of Dayton / historical reports

Historical comparison materials

City of Dayton / historical reports

The Melancon, Willard and Prado materials provide earlier context for Vine’s roles and supervision. They remain separate from the Mount Pleasant evidence.

Jul 20, 2021 – Jul 4, 2026

5 dated entries · 10 linked source destinations

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