In doing so, the mayor appears to be violating a policy requiring Austin employees to use their city email addresses to do their jobs.

A spokesperson for the mayor told KUT that Watson does not like Outlook, the email program city staff use. He has instead opted to conduct some mayoral business on a personal Gmail account. “Some people communicate with me on non-City of Austin accounts and I sometimes use non-City accounts,” Watson said via the spokesperson. But in doing so, the mayor appears to be violating city policy.