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St. Louis County resident alleges county involvement in disputed land work
Summary
At a St. Louis County public listening session, Chester Cullen said a dike remains on his property, accused county involvement in earlier work and said he has recorded new evidence and posted a one-minute video to a YouTube channel; no county response was recorded in the session.
Chester Cullen, a St. Louis County resident, told county staff at a public listening session that a dike remains across his property and that he believes county involvement led to improper work and expense to him.
Cullen said he was told he needs a new order and new evidence in his case and that he recently recorded new material. "I still got a dike across my property," Cullen said. He also said he posted a one-minute video about a recent woodcut near his land to a YouTube channel named "Chester Cullen Junior." A county staff member who ran the session acknowledged his comments but did not offer a response to the allegations on the record.
The remarks were made during the session the county holds for members of the public to speak for up to three minutes on items not on the meeting agenda. Cullen said the situation has cost him money and that further costs are likely; he said he planned to leave a notarized letter with the board.
Cullen described several specific claims: that there was "no house back there when this whole thing started," that county personnel were involved, and that an order now must be rerun with fresh evidence. He said he recorded new evidence "the other day" and posted a short video showing recent activity near his property. "When you take people's property, there should be no games," Cullen said.
The session transcript includes Cullen's statements but does not include a county response or any formal action from the board on his allegations. The public-listening portion concluded after Cullen's remarks and a staff reminder about the meeting start time; the formal agenda items were not taken up in the excerpted record.
Cullen provided an email contact during his remarks and said he would leave a notarized copy of a letter with the board; he did not read the letter aloud during the session. The transcript does not record legal filings, agency orders, or staff explanations to substantiate or rebut Cullen's claims.
The county did not speak to the details of Cullen's account during the recorded portion of the session; the record shows only brief acknowledgments from the session facilitator and no motion, direction, or formal action related to the complaint.
