As I've consistently said, the City doesn't want to go to jury trial on this case. This part of the case is about the disputed portion of our bills from September through May. We paid those bills based on the amounts required by Missouri Law and then submitted a dispute letter for the remaining balance in accordance with the City's dispute policy. 

Just wanted to give an update. Depositions were held last week and the jury trial is scheduled for June 6th and 7th. This part of the trial will be to determine if we owe any additional money to the City of Poplar Bluff. Each of the bills we paid the portion that we felt was the right amount and then disputed the remaining amounts on that invoice per the City's "payment dispute" policy. The city has sued my company for those disputed amounts. I know we will present a solid case, but who knows how the jury will perceive the evidence presented. We welcome any and all interested parties to come and listen to the testimony on June 6. Brian

For those that do not get the Daily American Republic, the following letter appeared in today's newspaper (5/1/2012) regarding our City Manager actively campaigning this past City Council election cycle. The final sentence wraps up the letter: But the core question must be asked: Do City Council members have to align their vote with Bagby or risk the power of City Hall campaigning against them in April? TO THE EDITOR: The Opinion page of April 1, 2012, contained a half-page opinion by City Manager Doug Bagby. The DAR obviously accepted this letter in his official capacity as City Manager by posting his photo and title. Plus, average citizens are not typically allotted a half-page for their opinion.

Local artist and Jr Hi School student, Benji Becker, has entered a contest in Nashville in hopes of being asked to compete on the Stage of Teen Hoot in Nashville in July. To help him win you have to click the LIKE button. Go to Youtube: http://youtu.be/rpe1erJBZhI and click "LIKE" just below the video. Thanks!

Benji and Jack brought down the house at the Wine Rack to a packed room (upstairs and downstairs was fully booked). One of the songs they performed was recorded by drummer, Tim Hicks.

Today we were back in court because the city filed 3 more motions against us. Motion one, Wally withdrew because we had not received it. Motions two and three the judge denied on the spot. I stopped counting how many times Wally made a statement to the judge, I walked up and handed my attorney paperwork which showed Mr Duncan was not fully aware of the facts.