Terms, counts and limits.

Evidence terms

Request

A dated demand for records. Its wording and receipt date set the question; a later search result or delivery may cover less, more, or a different period.

Production

Records the City or another source supplied in response. A notice that records were produced is different from verified receipt of every requested item.

Source record

A retained document, image, message or recording. The site links to the reviewable copy and states when it is a selected excerpt or a derivative.

Selected reading copy

A separate copy prepared to make an excerpt readable or protect private information. It is not the whole original unless labeled as complete.

File fingerprint

A SHA-256 value that identifies exact bytes. A matching fingerprint confirms byte identity with the reviewed copy; it does not prove that the source was complete or that every statement in it is true.

OCR

Optical character recognition creates searchable text from page images. It can misread words and cannot replace visual page review or original-source comparison.

Search result count

The number returned by a particular query. It does not reveal which accounts, date ranges, repositories or terms were actually searched unless those details are documented.

Event date and publication date

A document's event, signature, production, receipt, scan and site-update dates can differ. The site keeps those clocks separate where the sources permit.

What the numbers count

The current source library displays 5,209 catalog records. This is a count of catalog entries, not a claim that every responsive City record was found or delivered. Search and filters cover the complete catalog while showing bounded result pages.

On the Council page, the correspondence total counts distinct emails including the Mayor or Council within its stated date window. Action requests, other notices and later events are separated there. A message addressed to Council does not prove it was read or decided. In the request histories, one request, one message and one file copy can be different counting units.

Acronyms in this collection

TPIA

Texas Public Information Act

OAG

Texas Office of the Attorney General

ORD

Open Records Division of the Texas Attorney General

DSHS

Texas Department of State Health Services

TCEQ

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

MPPD

Mount Pleasant Police Department

Agency names describe whose records or actions are being compared. Referral, possession of a file, or overlapping jurisdiction is not itself an agency finding.

How conclusions are labeled

A source can establish its own wording, date and visible contents. An agency finding is attributed to that agency. Kyle's observations, allegations and assessments are identified as his. A comparison may show a discrepancy while leaving its cause, intent, delivery history or completeness unresolved.

Read statement-versus-record comparisons · Read the Temporal Proximity limits · Search the complete source library

This collection will be updated.

This is an ongoing public record review. Kyle may add records, correct descriptions and revise conclusions as new material becomes available. An item’s presence here does not mean the underlying search or production was complete. Dated source records remain distinct from later site updates.

Some linked PDFs are prepared reading copies of email or other files, rather than the native source format. A retained native file may be available for review on request if its provenance and privacy clearance permit sharing; no unredacted or native copy is promised automatically. Contact Kyle about a source, correction or format.