A March 16 hearing before Bell County 169th Judicial District Court Judge Gordon Adams saw attorneys on two fronts characterizing Materials Transportation Company (MTC) as the personal piggy bank of Bill Jones, the employee-owned company’s president/CEO and the city of Temple’s mayor. Troubling as this is, with a potential sale of MTC and removal of Keep Reading…
The Austin American-Statesman reports “debt” as the new four-letter word driving many primary campaigns and cites two Williamson County races, Lee Ann Seitsinger challenging Precinct 1 Commissioner Lisa Birkman and Gregory Windham facing Precinct 3 Commissioner Valerie Covey, as prime examples. As “one of the most indebted counties in the state,” the Texas Bond Review Keep Reading…
Is Materials Transportation Company (MTC) Bill Jones’ piggy bank? This theme was recurringly implied – sometimes stated – during a Feb. 8 Bell County hearing to modify spousal support ordered in a divorce action underway between Jones, President/CEO of the employee-owned MTC and the city of Temple’s mayor, and his wife of 35 years, April. Keep Reading…
Is Materials Transportation Company (MTC) Bill Jones’ piggy bank? This theme was recurringly implied – sometimes stated – during a recent Bell County hearing to modify spousal support ordered in a divorce action underway between Jones, President/CEO of the employee-owned MTC and the city of Temple’s mayor, and his wife of 35 years, April. It Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.Detroit— The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and its co-founder, Elaine Steele, filed court action late Tuesday accusing a Wayne County probate judge and two court-appointed lawyers of conspiracy in the long-standing battle over the estate of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Steele’s attorney, Steven G. Cohen, added he also has filed Keep Reading…
Lee Bailey’s eurweb.com (Electronic Urban Report) has once again picked up Sue Summer’s latest article from The Newberry Observer on the questionable actions surrounding administration of James Brown’s estate. The article is introduced as follows: For those who’ve been keeping track of the James Brown probate case, or if you’re simply interested in know where Keep Reading…
Forget women! Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned – or at least that would seem the case as per this latest Danny Tate posting at Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog. A conservatorship (guardianship) can strip a person of their individual liberty and property rights. While Nashville musician Danny Tate admits his struggle with alcohol and drug Keep Reading…
An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Okray trial delay one more sign of political times? (TX)
A continuance requested by the Bell County Attorney’s office in the prosecution of a misdemeanor assault case pending against Killeen recall petition organizer and current city council candidate Jonathan Okray was granted late last week. Despite protests from Okray’s attorneys, granting of the continuance postpones a jury trial previously scheduled for March 19 until July. Keep Reading…