Though the city has not set the location for the dispute hearing, they have confirmed that the date and time of the hearing will be July 2nd at 2pm. For more info see: City’s Next Tactic. Jury Trial Delayed. Public Hearing Instead.
Jun 12,
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.
Jun 05,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
May 30,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.
Apr 04,According to early results, Brannum wins by 60 votes over Edington. What a wonderful announcement! The good ole boys have been defeated tonight and decency and honor have been restored to the council seat of ward 4. I had a chance to speak with Johnny tonight and he said, "I walked the ward four times and spoke to the good people of our community. I owe this victory to the wonderful people of ward 4, plus my family and support team. I am excited to be sworn in and get to work." I cannot express to you how much fun that was to type. Brian
Apr 03,