Precinct 4 County Employees Accused of Dumping Asphalt in Creek

If a private citizen was accused of illegal dumping, the Ellis County Sheriff's Office would investigate, and refer the case to prosecutors in the DA's office. So I'm curious how the actions - or lack of action - will play out when the accusations are against county employees.

Employees of Ellis County’s commissioner Precinct 4 and residents of Midlothian have alleged seeing county dump trucks of pouring asphalt in creeks and a flood plain in the 2500 block of Walnut Grove, according to documents received by The Palmer Post in an open records request.
Once the environmentalists in Midlothian get word of this, I'm sure a simple open records act request can be filed with Ellis County for these exact documents that I have in my possession. The allegations are clear-cut. Witnesses saw Precinct 4 employees dumping asphalt into a creek.

The "Cover-Up Clock" is ticking...let's see who has the balls in our county government to truly investigate these allegations...

Exclusive: Ron Brown Paid Employee's Construction Firm $17,000+ for Asphalt Work

David M. Jeter owns J Brothers Construction, and he received a $17,535 payment for asphalt work on Sept. 11, 2009, according to the documents obtained from the Ellis County auditor and the Comptroller's Web site.







Precinct 4 Commissioner Ron Brown awarded Jeter the contract. Jeter works for the county in Precinct 4. In other words, Ron Brown's his boss.

No other media outlet has touched this...

Jeter needs to resign immediately. As for the constituents of Precinct 4, here's his e-mail address: ron.brown@co.ellis.tx.us

I hope a tidal wave of pissed off taxpayers takes out the county's servers and the computer system in Precinct 4...but that's just wishful thinking on my part.