ROCKWALL – The reason why former Rockwall City Council member and attorney Matt Scott filed a Public Information Open Records Request with the City last week became a bit more clear this week. Scott amended his Request Wednesday afternoon so he wouldn’t have to pay $4,600 to see about 19,000 emails and requested the City [...]

ROCKWALL – “It’s a boy!” Two-term Rockwall City Council member Mark Russo just became a father for the first time on the day before Mother’s Day. Little Alexander Lawson Russo weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 21 in. long. According to the proud new father, mother and baby are doing fine. He said he’s [...]

By J.J. Smith. First-term Rockwall City Council member Mark Russo is running for re-election May 8. He was first elected in 2008 when he defeated incumbent Council member Stephen Straughan. Now Russo is being challenged by business executive and former City Planning and Zoning Commission chairman Bill Bricker. Known by many for his efforts to [...]

  By J.J. Smith. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott had already planned to visit Rockwall this past Saturday to speak to a conservative group organized by Rockwall City Council member Mark Russo and Rockwall resident John White  at the Rockwall County Library. But neither Abbott nor the meeting’s organizers imagined when they arranged the visit that Dallas District Judge Tena Callahan would rule [...]

By J.J. Smith ROCKWALL-Hundreds of Rockwall area citizens who oppose the federal government’s  recent bailouts of numerous financial institutions and the increased taxes required to go with it are expected to attend the Rockwall TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party April 15 at City Hall in Rockwall. Anyone concerned about the federal bailout and increased taxes [...]