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"They that give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."    
               Benjamin Franlin - 1775

. . . But not in my Backyard

  An Historical Perspective

   The events listed below are simply a draft reflecting what I have on hand and may not be entirely accurate. This chart is a suggestion of the time line and occurrences relating to each other. Links are made where digital versions are available.
 

1967
14 Mar
  Name changed to Dialsdale Subdivision #2
   
1983
1 Jul
  USGS map of Cullman Dialsdale area
     
1997
28 Apr
  Ordinance 1287 - An Ordinance Declairing it Unlawful for any Person to Make, Continue, or Cause to be made or Continued, any Loud or Excessive Noise which Unreasonably Interfere with the Comfort, Health or Safety of Others within the Jurisdiction of the City of Cullman, Alabama
   
2000
6 Mar
  Planning Commission Meeting - Public Hearing
 
8 Mar
  Court of Civil Appeals Ruling ?
 
10 Apr
  City Council Meeting - Public Hearing
 
8 May
  Danny Speakman et al vs City of Cullman et al
 
8 May
  Plaintiffs entered - Danny Speakman, Donna Speakman, Julian Bland, Steven S Sullenger, Richard Milliken, Jim Clos, Carolyn Clos, Sandra Eddy, Dana Byerley, Cindy Byerley, Kenyan Moore, Jaime Moore, Steve Merrill, Timothy Parker, Carolyn Tillery, Mack W Tillery
 
25 May
  Motion to Dismiss/Defendant (City of Cullman)
 
1 Apr
  Planning Commission Meeting ?
 
10 Apr
  Cullman City Council Regular Meeting
 
15 Apr
  Public hearing ?
 
20 Apr
  City publishes notice granting rezone - ordinance 1372
 
8 Jun
  Motion to Dismiss/Defendant, Wal-Mart
 
9 Jun
  Motion by Wal-Mart denied
 
9 Jun
  Motion to extend time to answer plantiff's complaint/City of Cullman
 
12 Jun
  Motion to withdraw/Davis for Plantiffs
 
15 Jun
  Motion to extend time to answer discovery/defendant, City of Cullman
 
19 Jun
  Above motion granted (20 days)
 
27 Jun
  Motion for additional time to answer plantiff's complaint/City of Cullman
 
27 Jun
  Above motion granted
 
28 Jun
  Motion to extend time to answer discover/Wal-Mart
 
29 Jun
  Motion to extend time granted
 
5 Jul
  Hearing set on August 4th on above motion
 
7 Jul
  Motion to extend additional time to answer discovery (defendant)
 
7 Jul
  Renewed motion to dismiss (City of Cullman)
 
17 Jul
  Hearing set August 4, 2000
 
2 Aug
  Affidavit of Steve Merrill
 
4 Aug
  Ordered, on joint oral request, the hearing set on today's date is continued and reset on September 7, 2000, at 9:00 a.m.
 
17 Aug
  Motion to withdraw (Greer Mallette - Plaintiff)
 
18 Aug
  Above motion granted (Copy to: Mallette, Galloway, Fuller & Culpepper)
 
3 Sep
  Notice of Public Hearing - adjacent to Wal-Mart - The Cullman Times
 
5 Sep
  City Planning Commission Agenda - Request of Roy W. Williams, Jr. representing MTN, Ltd. to rezone 10.04 acres of property along Swafford Rd. SW from R-1 Residential to B-2 General Business.
 
5 Sep
  Planning Commission City of Cullman Agenda
 
5 Sep
  Planning Commission Meeting
 
7 Sep
  Ordered, a hearing was set on today's date and neither Plaintiff nor Defendant appearing, the attorneys informed the Court that they had not received notice of said hearing. Therefore, the hearing on Defendant's Renewed Motion to Dismiss is reset on September 26, 2000, at 9:00 a.m.
 
19 Sep
  Memorandum - Per your instructions rezoning letters were sent via Certified Mail . . .
 
19 Sep
  City of Cullman letter asking to rezone property owned by MTN, Ltd. sent to M.E. and Ruth Jordan from Lucille N. Galin by certified letter 7000 0520 0014 1270 3549
 
25 Sep
  Plaintiff's opposition submission to defendant, City of Cullman, Alabama, and Wal-Mart Store East, Inc's motions to dismiss (and affidavits)
 
25 Sep
  Cullman City Council Regular Meeting
 
25 Sep
  An Ordinance forther amending ordinances no. 435 and 848 of the City of Cullman, Alabama, as amended, to rezone certain parcels of property as set forth herein
 
26 Sep
  Ordered, after hearing, defendant City of Cullman and Defendant Wal-Mart motion to dismiss are denied at this time. All issues raised shall be reserved and may be renewed by an appropriate motion for summary judgment. Defendant City of Cullman shall file an answer within 30 days and a response to discovery within 30 days.
 
5 Oct
  Proposed rezoning of MTN Ltd. property on Olive St. SW. (Conamara Estates)
 
27 Oct
  Answer (City of Cullman)
 
8 Dec
  Answer (Wal-Mart)
 
27 Dec
  Motion for Court ordered mediation
 
30 Dec
  Consent to Dismiss (Richard E. Milliken, Jr., Donna Speakman - witness)
 
 
2001
4 Jan
  Order setting a date for mediation (Copy: G/M, Fuller, Culpepper) & St. John)
 
4 Jan
  Consent to Dismiss (Jim Clos, Carolyn Sawyer - witness)
 
10 Jan
  Consent to Dismiss (Steve Merrill, Donna Speakman - witness)
 
3 Mar
  Plaintiffs dismissed - Richard Milliken, Jim Clos, Steve Merrill
 
26 Mar
  Plaintiffs' motion to dismiss Richard Milliken, Jr., Steve Merrill, & Jim Clos
 
3 Apr
  Ordered, Plaintiffs' Motion to dismiss Richard E. Milliken, Jr., Steve Merrill and Jim Clos is granted with prejudice. Case shall continue with the remaining Plaintiffs and Defendants
 
4 Apr
  Copy: All parties
 
18 May
  Motion for summary judgment and affidavits
 
25 May
  Hearing ser on June 7, 2001 Copy: G/M, Fuller, Culpepper
 
5 Jun
  Notice of appearance/Hawkins for Wal-Mart
 
6 Jun
  Motion for summary judgment/City of Cullman
 
7 Jun
  Opposition of plaintiffs to motion for summary judgment by defendant Wal-Mart Store East,
Inc. (with exhibits attached)
 
26 Jun
  Certificate of Service - Fuller, Culpepper, Hawkins to Galloway
 
27 Jun
  Circuit Court Judgment - State of Alabama in the Circuit Court of Cullman County Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Danny Speakman, et al Plaintiff, vs. The City of Cullman, Et al, Defendant, Case no. CV-2000-244
 
2 Jul
  Circuit Court Judgment Filed in Office
 
3 Jul
  "Judge rules in favor of Wal-Mart" - The Cullman Times
 
5 Oct
  City Planning Commission Agenda - Proposed rezoning of MTN Ltd. property on Olive St. SW. (Conamara Estates)
 
 
2002
8 Mar
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama. Danny Speakman et al. v. City of Cullman and Wal-Mart Stores East Inc. 2001243
 
18 Mar
  Minutes ?
 
18 Apr
  Ordinance 2002-14 - An ordinance forther amending ordinances no. 435 and 848 of the city of Cullman, Alabama, as amended to rezone certain parcels of property as set forth herein
 
19 Mar
  "Wal-Mart rezoning overturned" - The Cullman Times
 
20 Mar
  "Wal-Mart mum on possible appeal" - The Cullman Times
 
7 Oct
  Planning Commission City of Cullman Agenda
 
7 Oct
  Planning Commission Meeting
 
 
2003
20 Dec
  "One killed in accident" The Cullman Times
 
 
2004
28 Mar
  "New, bigger movie theater in the works" - The Cullman Times
 
24 May
  "" - The Cullman Times
 
5 Apr
  City of Cullman Planning Commission Agenda
 
5 Apr
  Cullman Planning Commission Meeting
 
Jun
  Ross Richard and family purchased the old Hardeman home from Roy Drinkard
 
7 Jun
  City of Cullman Planning Commission Agenda
 
7 Jun
  City of Cullman Planning Commission Meeting (page 2 only)
 
Jul
  Shopping Center and Theater Plans
 
13 Jul
"Third theater proposed for Cullman" - The Cullman Times
 
20 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Stirring up dust"
 
21 Jul
  Cullman.org - "City Noise Ordinance "
 
22 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Heavy Equipment "
 
23 Jul
  Cullman.org - "7:03am Dusting"
 
26 Jul
  Cullman.org - "6:24am Rumbling "
 
27 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Mud Hole"
 
28 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Backyard Break "
 
29 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Deep Ditch "
 
30 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Russel, Kansas"
 
2 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Where is the Water Truck?"
 
3 Aug
  Cullman.org - "What is a Neighbor?"
 
4 Aug
  Cullman.org - "6:34am Wakeup Call"
 
5 Aug
  Cullman.org - "You've Got to Feel It to Believe It"
 
5 Aug
    "Dirt moving for movies: Ground broken for new theater" - The Cullman Times
 
9 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Dumpster on our Fence"
 
10 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Rock Slinging Trucks"
 
11 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Back and Forth"
 
12 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Backyard Garbage Dumping"
 
13 Aug
  Cullman.org - "6:50am Wakeup Call"
 
14 Aug
  Cullman.org - "Neighborhood Moles"
 
18 Aug
  Cullman.org - "I Can See Clearly Now - A Real Threat "
 
21 Sep
  Cullman.org - "County Fair 2nd Place"
 
27 Sep
  Cullman.org - "I'll Never Be a Man Like That "
 
19 Oct
  "Cullman to Vote on Sunday Laws" - The Decatur Daily
 
18 Nov
"Movie chain abandons local plans: Other businesses moving forward" - The Cullman Times
 
10 Dec
  Cullman.org - "Mud, Mud and More Mud"
 
15 Dec
  Cullman.org - "The Battle of Bedford Falls"
 
26 Dec
"Three theaters, 28 screens whittled down to one, 10" - The Cullman Times
 
29 Dec
  Cullman.org - "Cesspools and Mosquitos"
       
2005      
 
23 Jan
  Cullman.org - "Scaffolds vs Fences"
 
1 Feb
  Cullman.org - "Metal upon Metal"
 
3 Feb
  Cullman.org - "We've Seen the Light"
 
18 Feb
  Cullman.org - "Garbage, Garbage Everywhere and Not a Piece Picked Up "
 
22 Feb
  Cullman.org - "Dusted . . . Again "
 
5 May
  "Theater may boost economy" - The Cullman Times
 
19 Jul
  Cullman.org - "Voyeurism in our backyard?"
 
1 Aug
  Cullman.org - "More Garbage in our backyard?"
 
2 Aug
  Cullman.org - "The Death of a Shopping Center?"
 
   
2006      
 
22 Feb
  Deposition from Steve Merrill
 
2 May
  Deposition from Nancy Merrill
 
?
  Deposition from Lucille Galen
       
 
?
  "Wal-Mart mum on possible appeal" - The Cullman Times
 
?
  Wetlands map of Wal-Mart area

 

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