BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Ethical Issues Surrounding the $40 Billion Texas Education Fun d Susan Carroll and Buck Wood Susan Carroll is an investigative/project s reporter with the Houston Chronicle. Carroll has investigated a wide ra nge of immigration issues while at the Chronicle\, documenting abuses and substandard conditions at immigration detention centers. She previously covered the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona Republic and the Tucson Ci tizen\, twice earning the highest honor for print journalists in Arizona\ , the Arizona Press Club's Virg Hill Journalist of the Year. In 2012\, Ca rroll was named Print Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. A founding partner of Ray & Wood\, Randall Buck Wo od is an Austin-based attorney\, leading legal voice in election and ethi cs in government issues and nationally recognized expert on school financ e\, ethics\, and election law. Buck has tried dozens of cases before the Texas Supreme Court\, and since 1992\, has served as co-counsel for the 1 25 Plaintiff-Intervenor school districts in the on-going Edgewood school finance lawsuit. Buck also serves as the General Counsel to the Equity Ce nter\, an association of over 500 below-average-wealth school districts c ommitted to ongoing improvements in Texas public school funding as well a s special counsel to the Texas Association of School Boards on the state’ s ethics and lobby disclosure statutes. Prior to founding the firm\, Buc k served as Director of the Elections Division of the Office of the Secre tary of State from 1969 to 1972 where he was in charge of enforcement of the State’s election laws. In this capacity\, he oversaw all general and special elections and assisted local government bodies with their electio ns. After leaving the Secretary of State’s Office\, Mr. Wood became the E xecutive Director of Common Cause\, a public interest lobby group charter ed to maintain fairness in the governmental process. While serving Common Cause\, Mr. Wood drafted and helped pass much of the legislation dealing with open meetings\, open records and numerous election laws that govern the operation of public entities today. Mr. Wood is acknowledged nationa lly as one of the foremost authorities on public law including election l aw. As such\, he represents many elected officials including House and Se nate members and several prominent state judges. In addition\, Mr. Wood s erved in various top level positions in the State Comptroller’s Office\, including Deputy Comptroller and Chief Clerk. Mr. Wood has practiced exte nsively in the property tax area for more than thirty years\, representin g numerous taxing units on delinquent collection issues and numerous appr aisal districts on valuation and related issues. Mr. Wood is a past membe r of the board of directors of the Travis Central Appraisal District. Bu ck is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory based upon confident ial surveys of the Bar and the Judiciary. He received the “very high to preeminent” rating for legal ability and the “very high” rating for ethic al standards\, the highest rating possible in each category. Click here for more information about Randall Buck Wood DTEND:20190808T181500Z DTSTAMP:20240328T181048Z DTSTART:20190808T163000Z LOCATION:HESS Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Ethical Issues-$40 Billion Tx Education Fund UID:65226c88-037b-4413-b53a-cc358fe540bf X-ALT-DESC:
Ethical Issues Surround ing the $40 Billion Texas Education Fund
\n\nSusan Carroll and Buck Wood
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\n\nSusan Carroll is an i
nvestigative/projects reporter with the Houston Chronicle. Carroll has in
vestigated a wide range of immigration issues while at the Chronicle\, do
cumenting abuses and substandard conditions at immigration detention cent
ers.
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\nShe previously covered the U.S.-Mexico border for the
Arizona Republic and the Tucson Citizen\, twice earning the highest hono
r for print journalists in Arizona\, the Arizona Press Club'\;s Virg H
ill Journalist of the Year. In 2012\, Carroll was named Print Journalist
of the Year by the Houston Press Club. \;
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\n\nA founding partner \;of Ray &\ ; Wood\, Randall Buck Wood is an \;Austin-based attorney\, leading legal voice in election and ethics in g overnment issues and \;nationally recognized expert on school finance\, ethics\, and election law. Buck has tried dozens of cases befor e the Texas Supreme Court\, and since 1992\, has served as co-counsel for the 125 Plaintiff-Intervenor school districts in the on-going Edgewood s chool finance lawsuit. Buck also serves as the General Counsel to the Equ ity Center\, an association of over 500 below-average-wealth school distr icts committed to ongoing improvements in Texas public school funding&nbs p\;as well as special counsel to the Texas Association of School Boards o n the state&rsquo\;s ethics and lobby disclosure statutes. \; \;P rior to founding the firm\, Buck \;served as Director of the Election s Division of the Office of the Secretary of State from 1969 to 1972 wher e he was in charge of enforcement of the State&rsquo\;s election laws. In this capacity\, he oversaw all general and special elections and assiste d local government bodies with their elections. After leaving the Secreta ry of State&rsquo\;s Office\, Mr. Wood became the Executive Director of C ommon Cause\, a public interest lobby group chartered to maintain fairnes s in the governmental process. While serving Common Cause\, Mr. Wood draf ted and helped pass much of the legislation dealing with open meetings\, open records and numerous election laws that govern the operation of publ ic entities today.
\n\nMr. Wood is ac knowledged nationally as one of the foremost authorities on public law in cluding election law. As such\, he represents many elected officials incl uding House and Senate members and several prominent state judges. In add ition\, Mr. Wood served in various top level positions in the State Compt roller&rsquo\;s Office\, including Deputy Comptroller and Chief Clerk. Mr . Wood has practiced extensively in the property tax area for more than t hirty years\, representing numerous taxing units on delinquent collection issues and numerous appraisal districts on valuation and related issues. Mr. Wood is a past member of the board of directors of the Travis Centra l Appraisal District. \;
\n\nBuck is &ldquo\;AV&rdquo\; rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory based up on confidential surveys of the Bar and the Judiciary. \; He received the &ldquo\;very high to preeminent&rdquo\; rating for legal ability and the &ldquo\;very high&rdquo\; rating for ethical standards\, the highest rating possible in each category. \; \;Click here for more information about Randall Bu ck Wood
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