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50% tax cut would spur sharp improvements in county schools

This graphic from the 2016 CAFR shows where the county’s money comes from. It is possible to empathize with Hamilton County Commissioners who are being asked to consider a tax increase of F$100 million to pay for the state factory school system in the Chattanooga area. The reason one might sympathize with board members is […]

Gangland in blue: Forced blood draws, cavity searches, colonoscopies

Nurse Alex Wubbels resists an unlawful demand for a warrantless blood draw of an auto accident victim by cop Jeff Payne in Utah on July 26. (Photo YouTube) The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity […]

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 […]

Hixson Utility District under fire for injecting industrial waste into water supplies

Heath Marter, with his girlfriend Liz Morris, of Chattanooga is a vocal opponent of fluoride and is renewing his efforts to get the Hixson Utility District board to consider the dangers of fluoroide upon unsuspecting customers. (Photo Facebook) Hixson Utility District injects industrial waste product into water for the benefit of a tiny segment of its customers […]

Spokeswoman says inmate reports ‘fictitious’

Neysa Taylor, prisons spokeswoman I’ve reviewed the letter that you received from Mr. Harmer.  This letter is the latest in a series of fictitious letters that Mr. Harmer has written in recent months. By Neysa Taylor / Tennessee department of correction It appears that Mr. Harmer would like to not only circumvent the grievance process […]

Prison gives Crips thug ‘access’ to whistleblower

Morgan county correctional complex houses inmate Grenda Harmer, who says administrators arranged to have him confronted by a gang member. (Photo Google Earth) WARTBURG, Tenn., Morgan County Correctional Complex, Aug. 22, 2017 — Dear Commissioner Parker, in under 11 months time you and your subordinates have harassed me, retaliated against me, and now have deliberately placed […]

Churches should create own courts, offer justice

The Christian church, with God’s grace and God’s law generously granted it, is the natural repository of godly wisdom and justice. Why not, then, consider the creating of church courts to handle disputes among Christians, and others, as well? The authority is 1 Corinthians 6:1 ff. “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, […]

Coppinger pushes for tax hike as dollar weakens; Boyd sees waste

Are officials remiss in not pointing out that every dollar in tax receipts buys less and less because that dollar is issued by the honorable lender of last resort for the U.S. government? County commissioner  Tim Boyd says Mayor Jim Coppinger’s budget is larded with wasteful spending. (Photo wrcbtv.com) In proposing a tax increase against […]