Sharp raps TIF subsidy for local developer

Helen Burns Sharp Helen Burns Sharp is a model for other concerned localists in knocking commercial government in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. She offers list of criticisms for a F$5 million tax subsidy for Evergreen Real Estate to extend West M.L. King Boulevard to the Blue Goose Landing Trailhead on the Tennessee Riverwalk. Note artist’s depiction […]

Authorities see policing limits as harassment of homeless adds to jail woes

Homeless man Henry Knotts talks about city government’s evisceration of a homeless camp under a bridge in Jauary 2016. (Photo TV 12 WDEF.com) Chattanooga appears to be more blessed compared to other cities as regards its homeless people as city government is nowhere near as punitive as other cities in police treatment of homeless people. […]

How can Pinkston prosecute without meeting 3 requirements for standing?

Neal Pinkston, district attorney (Photo wdef.com) The state is a religious corporation and a legal fiction that prosecutes criminal cases in its own name and person. It replaces the victims or survivors of crimes and acts as if it were the offended party, seeking redress for having been injured. David Tulis reveals the three requirements for standing […]

People dread traveling; many traffic stops end in cop violence

The only danger to their personal safety and security most people face using the public streets is the police officer. (Photo David Tulis) “Quit resisting.”—Cops yell at compliant young man who was thrown to the ground, beaten, arrested and hospitalized for severe injuries to his face and arm, allegedly in retaliation for “resisting arrest” by […]

Sky striping clouds given own category in world meteorological atlas

Deposit clouds like these have entered the scientific literature as manmade clouds that are a routine part of nature. (Photo Facebook) We are saved, perhaps, from worrying about pollution clouds like these over Soddy-Daisy by their being known now with Latin names. (Photo David Tulis) “Aircraft condensation trails (contrails) that have persisted for at least […]

‘Driving while black’ in Chattanooga: ‘You’re targeted’

Policing is a social management tool of the executive progressive state, and chiefs of police such as David Roddy of Chattanooga serve the mayor’s office. Mr. Roddy attends a Pachyderm Club event with Catherine Cate White, running for judge of circuit court. (Photo Jenny McFarland, Pachyderm Club) Tensions are high between police and the black […]

Esprit gives educators, families much for which to be grateful

Do sons know how to defend the innocent? Esprit newsletter gives you much for which to be grateful this Thanksgiving holiday season. One is a heritage of liberty given us by our Pilgrims forebears. But do our husbands and sons know how to defend their legal rights — or stand up for victims of abuse? […]

Slaughter toll for babies at 151; still, God triples grace for city

This boy, Walter, lives only a few minutes after his mom, Lexi Fretz, miscarries the 19-month-old at an American hospital in 2015. (Photo F2 Photography by Lexi, LiveAction.org) Without doubt the influence of Christianity on Chattanooga makes it a remarkable city in which to live and prosper and raise one’s family. The influence of the […]