Who Is Madeleine Simmons, District 3 Council Representative, City of Brookhaven?

As of October 17, 2026. Counted from my mailbox and the original emails.

Who She Is:

Madeleine Simmons is the District 3 Council Representative for the City of Brookhaven. The City directory says Madeleine Simmons “was elected in November 2019 to represent District 3” and was “sworn into office for the second time on January 8, 2024”. Madeleine Simmons is a trial lawyer: “She is currently President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.” I wrote to the Council about open records and my ADA grievances, and Madeleine Simmons received those notices.

On January 5, 2026, the Brookhaven City Council renewed the contracts of City Manager Christian Sigman, City Attorney Jeremy Berry and City Clerk Sandra Bryant, as reported by Cathy Cobbs in Rough Draft Atlanta on January 6, 2026.

Read the emails and letters: City Of Brookhaven · John Park · Sandra Bryant · All Brookhaven people

Why She is On ADAMATTERS.COM:

Eight opened, none answered. Between February 23 and March 24, 2026, Madeleine Simmons’s Council mailbox opened eight of my emails, including my ADA warnings and my open records notices. Madeleine Simmons never answered a single one in writing, and has never sent me an email.

• The ADA warning. On March 13, 2026, 12:28 PM, I warned the City that an ADA grievance had gone 15 days unanswered, with Madeleine Simmons copied. Her Council mailbox opened it at 2:06 PM. Asked on March 13, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.
• The closed records request. On March 13, 2026, 5:25 PM, I asked the City to reopen or properly answer a records request, with Madeleine Simmons copied. Her Council mailbox opened it at 10:02 PM. Asked on March 13, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.

Things She Did to Me:

1. On March 13, 2026, 12:28 PM, I warned the City that an ADA grievance had gone 15 days unanswered, with Madeleine Simmons copied. Her Council mailbox opened it at 2:06 PM. Asked on March 13, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.
2. On March 13, 2026, 5:25 PM, I asked the City to reopen or properly answer a records request, with Madeleine Simmons copied. Her Council mailbox opened it at 10:02 PM. Asked on March 13, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.
3. On March 24, 2026, 6:19 PM, I sent the City a formal notice about its unanswered ADA and Title VI grievances, with Madeleine Simmons copied. Her Council mailbox opened it at 6:35 PM. Asked on March 24, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.
4. On February 23, 2026, Madeleine Simmons was copied on my notice of each official’s own duties under the Open Records Act. Her Council mailbox opened it at 11:41 AM. City Clerk Sandra Bryant answered that thread. Madeleine Simmons never did.
5. On May 12, 2026, I sent Madeleine Simmons, on the To line, a notice to the Mayor and Council about my open complaints before a federal grant vote. Asked on May 12, 2026. No written answer as of October 17, 2026.

When She Did It:

Every email Madeleine Simmons sent me, and every email I addressed to her, in order. Emails where they were only copied are counted in the numbers above. Chronology, not motive. A read receipt shows a message was opened on that mailbox. It can be declined, and many mail programs never send one.

Requests Madeleine Simmons Did Not Answer:

As of October 17, 2026, Madeleine Simmons’s mailbox sent me 8 read receipts between February 23, 2026 and March 24, 2026. 8 of them are for emails that Madeleine Simmons never answered in writing. Times are Eastern.

The Receipts: ALL Her Emails

As of October 17, 2026, Madeleine Simmons has sent me no email. Times are Eastern.

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