Check out this little item on the agenda for tomorrow's meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors.
Supervisors Gerald Steen, Karl Banks, and Paul Griffin approved a county-funded road plan at the December 15, 2025 Board meeting. The road plan was not on the agenda nor were Supervisors Trey Baxter and Casey Brannon informed of its existence. The ambushed Supervisors protested but to no avail as the fix was in from the start.
The $6.5 million plan does not fund any roads in the city of Madison while taking care of the rest of the county. Supervisors Brannon and Baxter represent Madison.
The city of Madison filed a notice of appeal on December 23 in Madison County Circuit Court. Earlier post. The notice charges the Gang of Three approved the plan with no notice to the public while avoiding all public discussion of the plan prior to its adoption. The city asked the Court to stop funding of the road plan or to reverse it.
Mr. Steen placed the items and a copy of the updated funded road plan on the agenda for tomorrow's meeting.
Kingfish note: Will the re-adoption of the road plan negate the city's lawsuit? Placing it on the agenda probably nullifies the claim of lack of prior notice. Tune in tomorrow.
26 comments:
To bad David Archie is not up there. If he was; there would be all kinds of "FIREWORKS'!!!!!
KF - "Placing it on the agenda probably nullifies the claim of lack of prior notice." - Wouldn't that be for judge/arbitrator to decide?
The fix is in.
If this cabal of three want a war there's all sorts of ways the other districts can make them regret doing this. The thing about playing hardball is you're gonna hit with one, too.
Assuming that this is a legal notice of the agenda item, then the 2 objectors would have to show that this action was arbitrary, capricious, or somehow illegal. That's a tall hill to climb. I think this action moots the appeal of the earlier order.
It's not a fix; it's democracy in action.
Steen. What a snake. He really thinks he's untouchable.
And … isn’t Mr. Steen board president for the rest of the term? Oh sh@@. So say the posted minutes for first January 2025 meeting. Get Ready for whatever comes with that.
So Kingfish, was the County Engineer in on the fix? Would he not have to have input on which roads to add to the county road plan? Has Tim Bryan been asked about this, and I just missed this? Thanks.
Back in 2019 I sent the following email to Gerald Steen and the other supervisors. Gerald's response was that I was threatening him. You decide.
From:
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:15 AM
To: katie@katiebryantsnell.com; sheila.jones@madison-co.com; trey.baxter@madison-co.com; gerald.steen@madison-co.com; david.bishop@madison-co.com; paul.griffin@madison-co.com
Subject: STOP the DUMP.
Hello,
Dear Supervisors, Before you keep hiding your head in the sand and refuse to help STOP the DUMP please drive County Line Rd. from Hwy 51 to Hwy 49 and take note of the damage to the road existing garbage trucks are causing to the road. Another DUMP will only cause more damage. Also note the litter that blows off the trucks. DO YOU DUTY! STOP THE DUMP. All residents of Madison County deserve more out of ALL of you. Rest assured Mr. Steen, if you refuse to step up and help us I and many others will do whatever needed to assure you won't run unopposed in four years.
Thank you
Steen's reply:
John,
I am not impressed by your threating email.
Have a good day.
Gerald
Did the cabal of three (2+1 RINO) already receive their Christmas envelopes?
Please do tell
Three is a majority. It will be the same result.
7:51 PM, was Gerald Steen “unopposed” when he ran for supervisor after your email?
While this is shady AF, Madison County is larger than Madison the City and don't have city funds to help them.
I wonder if Madison County made the Amazon/ Madison County Super Site obtain a large road bond for their construction project? Same with the dirt pits they are hauling dirt from? Those roads around it, including Hwy 22 and Virlillia Rd are trashed from the construction. I'm curious to know if they were required and the penal amounts.
They can go back and do it right but the fact that they tried to avoid proper public review still stands. They just got called out on it. I hope the case will continue to throw lights on these scurrying critters.
I mean, the email was a threat. You didn't ask for discourse.
Update -- Gerald Steen calls citizens comments / concerns and backlash - NOISE several times at the county board meeting on Jan 5 2026.
Too bad the Republican majority on the board is pissed away so many times by Steen.
The board attorney should be an elected position accountable directly to the voters rather than hired behind closed doors. Allowing a corrupt board of supervisors to handpick yet another “qualified" attorney they fell in love with only perpetuates more of their cronyism and erodes public trust.
Explain please....and a question for you - Do you support 1 million to a sewer project in the county of an unknown site, design or ownership proven to the county?
NO he was probably asked to prepare those documents as the Dec meeting and told just in case this comes up-- You can pass out for review... I'm guessing here and an opinion... I doubt MC engineer Tim was in on the "plan" of Steen, Griffin and Banks at that meeting.
That will never happen... ie: an elected board attorney.
dayummmm- that was brutal to watch. HOW much does Espy make off billing to Madison County? Doesn't his contract read billable time from his firm, paralegal and whatever else.. How many **** roads could that pave? Banks and Griffin sit there like can't get this 2 hours back... uhhh no one can.
Tbf, the County has a far greater need for roads than the City. The City has outstanding wide new roads (Hoy, Hwy 51, Galleria, etc). The County is desperate for roads. Huge numbers of cars passing down spindly two lane roads. City residents need those County roads improved, too, assuming they leave their neighborhoods from time to time.
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