Haslam appointee Hunter faces fluoride flap in Hixson
Rebecca Hunter, state commissioner of human resources, also is a board member of the Hixson Utility District as it faces demands for clean water. (Photo YouTube state video) The effort to root out fluoride from the facilities at Hixson Utility District appears to face an uphill battle if the background of key board members is […]
We need to end bail system that jails poor people
People are jailed in this monolith in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., for being unable to pay fines. (Photo wrcbtv.com) Our terribly overcrowded Hamilton County Jail may get some help from an unsuspected corner – the Obama administration is tackling the fact that right now over 450,000 people are in our country’s jails because they are too […]
Hunter celebrates museum backers, touts Baxter’s sculptures
Marion Griscom, left, the better half of a Chattanooga media couple (the other is Tom), chats with Hugh and Verbie Prevost, an academic UTC couple. (Photo David Tulis) A cultivated crowd attends Thursday the member’s Christmas party at Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Visitors quit a showroom, background left, displaying Verina Baxter’s scultures, […]
Hammond defends probe into East Ridge police execution of plumber
Sheriff Jim Hammond, the most powerful man in Hamilton County, Tenn, says his deputies are trained to de-escalate tense encounters that otherwise might end in a police shoot-down of a citizen. (Photo David Tulis) Sheriff Jim Hammond defends his investigation into the slaying of Todd Browning, East Ridge plumber armed with a metal rod whom […]
DA Pinkston, state excuse police execution of East Ridge resident
East Ridge employee Daniel Stephenson executes plumber Todd Browning in front of his house in East Ridge, Tenn. (Photo YouTube) Chattanoogans have had two reminders in the past nine days that the state is superior to them and that its violent acts against citizens are to be overlooked in light of its pretense of noble […]
Cyclists have defense next time cops harass them
Tennessee law forbids wheelies, under some circumstances. But motorcycle stoppies like this one are not prohibited. I have a 20 year old son who is a Marine veteran, discharged after a serious injury and in love with speed and a motorcycle. Police are given to harassing him and other motorcyclists by unwarranted stops, he says. […]
Administrative notice tells city its authority is limited
Carol Gaddy and her son, Kelly, speak with supporters at the Sequatchie County jail in Dunlap, Tenn., after her release on a criminal contempt charge. (Photo David Tulis) The Gaddy case in Sequatchie county pits a homeowner against the corporation called City of Dunlap in which officials are demanding right of “inspection” of Thomas and […]
Chattanooga police care about state security 1st, justice 2nd
The community policing program puts cops, with firefighters joining in, into a kiddie costume event Oct. 29 in Chattanooga. Community policing is incapable of undoing the state aggression against the people implied in the concept of “law enforcement.” (Photo Chattanooga police department) Cops take part in a gay pride event Oct. 2, 2016. Police cadet […]
System won’t let prosecutor obtain justice in school bus killings
Criminals rot for years in Tennessee prisons such as this one in Bledsoe County. (Photo DLR Group) Because Tennessee has embraced a man-centered system of justice, the prosecution by district attorney Neal Pinkston against Johnthony Walker in the yellow school bus crash case will be unable to bring justice and restitution to bear. By David […]
U.S. weather program pushes TN into drought, firestorms
Thick aerosols drape across a gap in haze caused by earlier aircraft deposits, as seen from my house in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. Dumping of particulates over any part of the globe is known to help prevent rain cloud formation. (Photo David Tulis) Sky plumes often are laid in patterns to serve hidden government purposes, as here over […]