Crockett’s sweeping proposals include high-speed rail, green theory
Mayor candidate Dave Crockett says regional thinking is holistic and more realistic than that derived from maps and legal/political borders. He takes credit for many of the improvements that the city gave to itself in the 1990s and promises to be an activist lococentric mayor. (Noogaradio 1240 AM 101.1 FM) Tweet Pin It
Berke bows needlessly to rule, adds housing woes, Long says
Chris Long is an independent candidate for mayor of Chattanooga and says a free market perspective will ease some of the burdens of commercial government as overseen by Democrat lawyer Andy Berke, the incumbent. Our interviews focus on policing and housing. David Tulis presses Mr. Long to see if his ideas let the free market […]
Melvin relates story of police abuse, courage in standing up for rights
Hanson Melvin relates his story of courageous defiance against an oppressive legal system, starting with officer David Campbell of the Chattanooga police department who in May arrested him, wrote a fictional narrative of why, perjured himself (twice) in official venues, kidnapped and jailed him, and harassed him with other cops 10 minutes after Mr. Hanson […]
Long backs idea of free trade zone in housing
Architectural consultant Chris Long, running for mayor of Chattanooga, says regulatory costs are stifling the housing market in the city. He tells why David Tulis’ argument for a free trade zone in housing — to help the homeless — is an idea that might work. (Photo Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Victim of rogue officer asks expungement in botched city case
Hanson Melvin waits in the front lobby of the Hamilton County district attorney’s office prior to an interview with Neal Pinkston regarding perjured statements by an officer leading to his indictment. (Photo David Tulis) The Hixson man who was arrested and indicted for walking in his apartment complex and refusing to state his social security […]
Melvin tells of his arrest, indictment, expungement of false charges
Hanson Melvin tells about how he has applied for an expungement of the criminal case against him, one launched by perjured officer statements and police action without probable cause. (Noogaradio on Facebook) Tweet Pin It
Insurance, state work quietly to make roads more dangerous
John Ballinger stands next to a bit of open roadway. (Photo David Tulis) [He may be just a carpenter, but the Gnome of Strawberry Plains is one whose insights I always consider carefully as he is a miracle worker just like those commoners during “the money wars” in the 1980s who challenged the federal establishment […]
Crockett says would be activist, lococentric mayor
Mayor candidate Dave Crockett develops some of his unusual ideas in an interview with David Tulis on Noogaradio. Tweet Pin It
City unpacks new year’s gift for elderly couple: Jail cell
A wall surrounds a fresh-water well on the Thomas and Carol Gaddy property in Dunlap, Tenn., that is often swamped by rainwater runoff from a city-owned lot across the street. (Photo David Tulis) The prospects of relief for Thomas and Carol Gaddy shrank with the issuance of a final order in their property rights case in […]
Dunlap’s 2-year seizure case vs. Gaddys in wrong court
Carol Gaddy, 69, stands on side side of an historic house the Dunlap, Tenn., mayor Dwain Land says is uninhabitable and a danger to the public. It is being remodeled, and all permits required for the work were entered into a two-year lawsuit by the city against Mrs. Gaddy and her husband, Thomas. (Photo David Tulis) The […]