Monday, November 15, 2010

Well,well, well....

Apparently there were some fireworks at the Madison County Board of Supervisors this morning. It seems someone filed a complaint with the Ethics Commission against Karl Banks over the land he and his family own near Calhoun Station Parkway. The Ethics Commission cleared him as it said his land did not "front" the proposed parkway.

Well, congratulations to Mr. Banks for his clearance. I just want to make two things clear:

1. I did not file the complaint and have no idea at all who did. None whatsoever. If I was going to file one against Mr. Banks that is not the one I would have filed because I don't think there is anything in the law against his votes nor do I think the Commission would rule they are unethical. I think they are unethical but what I think and the Commission thinks are two different things. Mr. Banks should know who did file the complaint because if I remember correctly, the Commission does notify the defendant (lack of a better word) about the complaint and who filed it. In fact, the Commission's website states: "The Commission is not able to protect the identity of the person who filed the complaint." Which leads to

2. I never wrote his property "fronted" the project in question. What I wrote was his property 2000 feet away. Now maybe the lawyers at the Commission are so wrapped up in their lawbooks they forgot what land looks like but 2000 feet away. Yes, I used the words "adjacent" and "next to" in the context of being 2000 feet away and supplied you, the readers, with the maps so you could make your own determinations. Took the map to a title attorney and abstracter who examined the map for me and made the appropriate determinations. However, as one who knows a few things about real estate, I will disagree and say that improvements to Calhoun Station and if they had taken place, the improvements to the water park site, would have increased the value of Mr. Banks land even if it did not "front" the two projects but instead lay nearby. If I had filed a complaint against Mr. Banks, I would have first taken my complaint to a couple of experts I know who would review it and make sure I had a slam dunk. This is not the hill on which I would have made my stand at the Ethics Commission.

Apparently they accused Supervisor D.I. Smith of leaking information on the MDOT lawsuit. No surprise at all as the Gang of Five's modus operandi when they know bad information is coming out is to launch an immediate counterattack. Independent engineer questions some fees, no problem, file a complaint with the state, never mind its baseless and he is eventually cleared. County Administrator getting the hell out of town? Simple. Pass a resolution in the same meeting calling for the AG to investigate the Mayor of Madison complete with copies ready to pass out to the media right before the meeting starts. Never mind if nothing comes of it, all that matters is the waters are muddied. Now some not too flattering information comes out about the board attorney's fees and whammo, here comes some accusations against a dissident member of the board. All that matters is distracting attention. As one person said about Madison County politics, it is the NFL.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is typical Madison County politics. If "they" don't like you, they'll make something up and make it sound like their "target" is just awful. No doubt in my mind that Karl Banks is using things like this to build his own little kingdom. He'll slip up one day.

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Kingfish said...

And another threat taken down.

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Anonymous said...

Wait till you go to sleep tonight! I will post all over your site and I am giving the other blog sites your history/info gay boy! Game on!!

Rebekah said...

KF I am glad you took the posts down....obviously this ahole has nothing better to do than to play on the website when he should spend his time trying to figure out how not to be such a douchebag.
Stick to the topics at hand and send your obnoxious comments to Kf's email. None of us care to read them....

Anonymous said...

Shoe girl, go back to your online chatting and dating sites before I post a picture of you!

Rebekah said...

Douche Bag, I am married. And why don't you have a life? You are really sad...I feel sorry for you. Really I do. Your mentality is that of a 5th grader....as are your mindless and immature posts. Run along and play with your toys little boy and let the grown ups talk.
Pathetic.

KaptKangaroo said...

Geez. Someone is sure upset. And SG, I agree, douche bag is appropriate.

Anonymous said...

Only problem I have with the post: "Gang of Five"? Dude, where have you been for the last 5-6 years?

It's Tim Johnson and his coalition of 2 other Democrats that run the Board in Madison County. Period.

Oh, the fat, glorified bag boy occasionally shows some independence, but ultimately, he's Mary's little bitch.

Tim and the other 2 Democrats run the county. Period.

A L said...

Calling this "person" a douche bag is an insult to douchebags. Pay this troglodyte no mind, he's probably somewhere right now looking at internet porn while autoerotic asphyxiating himself.

Anonymous said...

Are we so sexually repressed to believe that it might not be a woman that is posting this horrible stuff?

Rebekah said...

It's either a small little man (and by small I mean stupid) or some scorned woman who KF has ignored and now she desperately seeks revenge by posting incredibly immature posts...perhaps the bunny in the crockpot routine has been replaced by cyber stalking. Awesome

Anonymous said...

D I Smith is a retired "full bird" Army colonel with every security clearance known to man. Are they trying to make us believe that he's leaking information? Don't believe it!!

Anonymous said...

Exactly. Col. Smith has continually been the main one to dissent on the shady votes of the Board. Johnson only needs two other supes, Banks and Griffin, to ramrod his his schemes and tax increases through the board. They will probably be trying to redistrict D.I. out of the next election, too.

Kingfish said...

Mr. Smith goes to Madison? Playing out the same way. Someone needs to photoshop the old movie poster with D.I.'s picture.

Anonymous said...

They'll try every underhanded trick they can. The other four need to go!!!!

Anonymous said...

isnt tim johnson republican?

bill said...

Tim used to be a conservative, and he served in the state senate as a Republican. I also believe he ran for supervisor in the Republican primary. However, he has consistently voted with the two Democrats on the board, and his willingness to tax and spend clearly makes him a liberal today. He may say he's a Republican, but his actions certainly don't show it. Bill Billingsley

Anonymous said...

i believe these are untrue allogations as tim seems to be the hood ornament of some major republican influences. and there is nothing worse than calling a republican a democrat. my eyes tell me he has done the best he can and you guys punish him for reaching across the isle how would anything get done if nothing was agreed on... kinda like today nothing but bickering and name calling (that sh t wont work)



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