WWSD - Brown County Attorney & Lake Brownwood PooPoo Caca !
WWSD - What Will Shane Do ?
What will Shane do with the goings on at lake Brownwood and the sewage issue. Will he stand "upright" and protect the community ( victims ) as he is charged with doing, or will he bow to political pressure that may be applied ( just look at the players involved ! ). If Shane's past history with us (see below) is any indicator, I expect very little from him and this includes honesty issues ! Shane said during his campaign that he had switched political parties because he felt the Republican Party better reflected his values. Let's see what values he was speaking of as he handles the Lake Brownwood Poopoo Caca Case !
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Here's our experience with Shane and his lack of honesty !
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We'll be praying for Shane as he makes his decisions. I know his Church Family encourages prayer from the ads I've seen in the Brownwood Bulletin. Here's their website.
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Update:
Judge plugs faucets at lake
Brownwood marina owners told to install septic system
By Celinda Emison / Reporter-News Staff Writer
August 11, 2005
BROWNWOOD - The owners of a Lake Brownwood marina may not have running water in eight cabins and a restaurant, according to a judge's decision, until they install an approved septic system.
Also Wednesday, guilty convictions in a Justice of the Peace court against one of the marina's owners who was accused of letting raw sewage spill onto the ground were tossed out - but the man was arrested shortly afterward on an unrelated charge.
Thirty-fifth District Judge Stephen Ellis granted an injunction against Lakehaven Marina on Wednesday that prevents its owners from operating an unapproved septic system. Investigators last month arrested one of the marina's owners after raw sewage spilled onto the ground.
Brown County Attorney Shane Britton and Laird Palmer, attorney for 3J's Joint Venture and owners Travis Grimes, Josh Helbart and Justin Jones, agreed to the injunction. Britton dropped Eddie and Vicki Surrett from the injunction request because they are no longer involved in the marina's ownership.
Ellis also imposed a $3,100 civil penalty, which will be suspended unless the injunction is violated. The marina's three owners also were ordered to pay $500 in court costs.
The injunction does not prevent the marina from selling gas or renting or storing boats, or operating the store there, Britton said.
Britton filed the request for an injunction on behalf of Brown County, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Health Department on July 25.
Following the hearing, Grimes said his business for the summer has been ruined - ''I've had almost all my reservations cancelled for the rest of the summer,'' he said - but that he would comply with the orders. He said he plans to have a fully permitted system in place by May 1, 2006, and would be open for business then.
''We'll be up and running,'' he said. ''It takes time to make progress. We want people to enjoy this facility, and we want to make it.''
Britton on Wednesday asked that 14 health and safety violations related to the storage and disposal of raw sewage at the marina that Grimes was convicted of in Justice of the Peace court this summer be dismissed. The request, which Ellis granted, was part of a deal reached with the Lakehaven owners' attorney to accept the injunction.
Just after he left the courtroom Wednesday, Brown County Sheriff's deputies arrested Grimes on a charge unrelated to the injunction. He was charged with theft of more than $1,500 and less than $20,000,a state felony punishable by up to two years in state prison and a $10,000 fine. Grimes was released after posting a $7,500 bond.
source: http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/nw_local/article/0,1874,ABIL_7959_3993915,00.html
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UPDATE:
Friday July 28, 2006
Archives: News
Fine levied against lake marina for violating injunction
By Steve Nash — Brownwood Bulletin
District Judge Steve Ellis levied a $3,100 fine against the manager of the Lakehaven Marina at Lake Brownwood Wednesday after ruling that he had violated an earlier injunction that required the marina to install a septic system for its cabins.
Ellis, ruling on a motion by Assistant County Attorney Ryan Locker, determined that marina manager Travis Grimes had violated the August 2005 injunction.
Grimes was one of three defendants who accepted the negotiated injunction in 2005 against 3J’s Joint Venture, which was at that time doing business as Lakehaven Marina but has since dissolved.
The injunction was sought by Brown County and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Locker argued in his motion that Grimes was renting out cabins that did not have a septic system. People who rented the cabins would use rest-room facilities in the marina’s restaurant, but doing so exceeded the capacity of the restaurant’s septic system and posed health and safety risks, Locker argued.
Grimes said while he thinks Ellis was fair in his ruling, he said he is being “strong-armed” by county officials into spending money.
“I’m trying to survive and provide a beautiful marina for the county,” Grimes said. “That last thing I want to happen is to pollute (Lake Brownwood).”
source: http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2006/07/27/news/news01.txt
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