News about John C. Brown

Small Alabama city is bizarrely thrust into national spotlight as two feuding men claim to be in charge

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 19, 2024
Mayor Wayman Newton (left) and city manager, John C. Brown (inset), will now have to face the state's supreme court to address their year-long feud for power in the small town of Tarrant, Alabama. The day after Brown was appointed, Newton filed a lawsuit against him, claiming the city council 'illegally' put Brown in his managerial position. A judge later granted a temporary restraining order against Brown that stopped him from taking over Newton's spot as 'the king of Tarrant.'