It is said the road to hell is paved with good intentions? What does one say when the Madison County Board of Supervisors strip the city of Madison of all county road funds for next year? Madison will see what a court has to say after it filed a notice of appeal in Madison County Circuit Court Tuesday.
The Supervisors voted 3-2 to approve a $6 million county road funding plan that was not on the agenda. The plan gave no funds to Districts 1 and 2 as Supervisors Karl Banks, Gerald Steen, and Paul Griffin grabbed all the money for themselves. Supervisors Trey Baxter and Casey Brannon accused the Gang of Three of meeting in secret, thus skirting the Open Meetings Act. The discussion closed with Mr. Brannon saying "I hope you choke on your Christmas presents."
Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler was understandably aggrieved upon finding out the Gang of Three stripped all road funding for Madison. The Board of Eadlormen voted to sue Madison County. Some highlights of the notice of appeal are:
* "the Madison County Board of Supervisors--over strident objections by two supervisors-voted to approve an FY 2026 Funded Projects Plan that was developed in secret, sprung on the Board and public without notice, and disregards the interests of over 40% of the County's citizens. This secretive process produced an arbitrary road plan that lacks evidentiary support, violates principles of open government and due process, and prejudices the City of Madison and its residents, who were intentionally excluded from the process."
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To be such a successful county, these supervisors sure are putting on a "bad business" clinic!
I do not understand the mindset it would take to exclude 40 percent of the entire team and in essence " hog " all of the money.
I know one thing is for sure, I certainly wouldn't want to do business with someone who would do that!!!!!
Madison county supervisors must had learn how to screw taxpayers over from hinds county
Whoa, must be some kind of behind the scenes animosity between Queen Mary and the Supes. Well, she won on the weed issue, and is likely to succeed here if statutory protocols weren't followed.
Glad they filed lawsuit. Hope they win. Those 3 supervisors were crooked to have set this up.
My money is on Mayor Mary.
Get all those emails and texts and this will get very entertaining.
Mother Mary will whup they butts.
This is nothing more than the non producers in the county voting to take the money generated by the producers.
Her track record of wins makes her the odds-on favorite.
Nothing would be a better day than seeing three of them resign.
My money is on Bradley, Arant to drive up all parties legal fees and expenses and effectively force a setttlment. Read their designation of the record. They''ll fight for months on whether the record is complete..On another front, keep a close watch on the campaign contributions of the Circuit Judge to whom the appeal is assigned.
That palm grease makes the three musketeers on the BoS do stupid things.
Only three of them, NOT all of them.
There is nothing in the state constitution or the statutes that says a county must spend county tax dollars inside a municipality. The county is responsible for county roads and bridges, not those of the towns.
Last time I looked appeals from an order of a Board of Supervisors has to be on a Bill Of Exceptions, signed by the Board President. The standard of review is whether the order is arbitrary or capricious.
Did the City of Madison file a Bill of Exceptions? Sure doesn't look like it. Their lawyers attempt to "designate a record" when the only possible record could be a Bill of Exceptions, which they didn't file.
Yup, if protocols weren't followed - i.e. Bill of Exceptions filed - then the Supes lose. Now, Who "decides" the outcome of a Bill of Exceptions?
The “Record on Appeal” is a Bill of Exceptions”, signed by the Board President. If the record on appeal isn’t filed in the Circuit Court within 10 days of the decision the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction. The City of Madison loses.
The dilDOH of consequence might be arriving for one of the parties. The folks from Dewey Cheatem and Howe will always get paid though!
Steen. What a snake.
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