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City Government
10:53 am
Fri January 11, 2013

City Attorney Michael Bernard Defends Practice Of City Hall Bans

Credit Office of the City Attorney
Does assisting the city in accomplishing its goals mean keeping citizens out of public buildings like City Hall?

San Antonio City Attorney Michael Bernard is standing by the ban he’s placed on John Foddrill and Michael Cuellar. The two are not allowed to go to City Hall or attend city council meetings. 

Foddrill and Cuellar are two former San Antonio city employees who were both fired from their posts; both men claim they have found evidence of waste in the city government.

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The Source
2:42 pm
Wed January 9, 2013

Banned From City Hall

Credit Chris Eudaily / TPR
Michael Cuellar (left) and John Foddrill in the TPR studios to talk about their bans

The public square is the cornerstone of democracy. The concept is that anyone can hop on a metaphorical soapbox and air their grievances about the government.

But what does it take to be banned from the public square in San Antonio?

It’s happening to two local residents who are being shunned by their elected representatives. John Foddrill and Michael Cuellar are two separate cases but with some suspicious common factors. Both men are former city employees who say that while on the job they found evidence of fraud or waste in city government.

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