Residents could win huge refund if Gaddy right about Dunlap annex flaw

Steve Darnell, an administrative law judge from the Tennessee department of state, strolls about the old Sequatchie County courthouse prior to hearing a case seeking to overturn 1972 annexation claims by City of Dunlap, a municipal corporation. (Photos David Tulis) Ivan Condra, 84, elected property assessor seven times, served 28 years and is a longtime […]

Judge frees Gaddy as city accepts engineer report giving house 100% grade

Stephen Greer, city attorney, fought to obtain access to private property though no criminal warrant has been filed in a 2 1/2-year-old fight against two elderly homeowners instituted by Dunlap, Tenn., mayor Dwain Land outside regular legal process. (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy was freed Friday from jail after having served 14 days on a contempt […]

Gaddy demands relief, cites lawless process at hearing

Engineer Barry Fields of Crossville, Tenn., gives the Gaddy house a 100 percent grade. But the document is unlikely to satisfy demands from a judge that Dunlap city officials be allowed to search the house for unknown reasons. Carol Gaddy of Dunlap today makes an appearance in Sequatchie County circuit court in her petition to […]

Gaddy stabs back at writhing Sequatchie judicial python

Kelly Gaddy, right, gives an interview to David Tulis prior to helping his jailed mother, Carol, file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Sequatchie County, Tenn., in a case of abuse of process against an innocent homeowner. (Photo Noogaradio.com) Carol Gaddy has filed a petition asking a judge to review the continuing abuse […]

Gaddy arrested, faces Dunlap jail cell as political prisoner

An assault case in Soddy-Daisy city court in a billing dispute with a garage owner brought Carol and Thomas Gaddy into a courts building in Chattanooga today, leading to her arrest in her property rights case in Dunlap, Tenn. , where she is under a judge’s finding of civil contempt. (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy was […]

Gaddy house solidly built, well renovated, engineer says

Barry Field, engineer David Tulis interviews an engineer who on July 24 inspected the Thomas and Carol Gaddy house in Dunlap, Tenn., and gives it a solid and safe review. “Subsequent to a thorough examination of the entire dwelling,” says Barry Field in a letter, “we found nothing that was not 100% structurally sound.” (Courtesy Noogaradio […]

Gaddy says facing jail for cause of freedom, soldiers of foreign wars

Carol Gaddy stands next to a federal flag posted along the edge of her property along Coops Creek in Dunlap, Tenn. Her stand for God-given rights honors veterans and soldiers, she says. (Photo David Tulis) A feisty homeowner in Southeastern Tennessee who has defied a court’s order to voluntarily allow a search of her house […]

Engineer says Gaddy house ‘100% structurally sound’

An engineer’s inspection of the disputed Thomas and Carol Gaddy house in Dunlap, Tenn., says it is structurally sound — and thus not a threat to public safety, as alleged by town mayor Dwain Land, who demands their permission to inspect the house. The finding could lead to a break in the civil case in […]

Abusing Gaddys, Land wrecks good name; Greer for mayor

Jennifer Lockhart Greer teaches history and civics at the high school. The personal liberties secured under constitutional government are the fruit of simple promises. In Dunlap, Tenn., an elderly couple hiding from authorities are simple enough to believe these promises and to stand firmly upon them. By David Tulis / Tennesseestar.com The city’s civil prosecution […]

Trailer park landlord seeks re-election as mayor while hounding Gaddys from home

“I’ve never had any occasion to get upset with Dwain Land at all,” says trailer park renter Renee Luper, an invalid in Dunlap, Tenn. With her is son, Michael. (Photo David Tulis) A row of rusty mailboxes line Land Drive next to a Dunlap, Tenn., trailer park owned by Mayor Dwain Land, one serving budget-conscious town […]