Lubbock County is asking the Texas Attorney General whether it can withhold records Lubbock Lights requested concerning payments to attorney Kristen Vander-Plas LaFreniere, who represented former Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Meurer.
The county says the records relate to a pending criminal investigation into the nearly $70,000 paid to Meurer.
Lubbock Lights reported Sept. 13 that the county continued paying Meurer for approximately nine months after District Judge Patrick Pirtle ordered Jason Corley restored to the Precinct 2 commissioner’s seat…