Support the David Tulis show on Chattanooga’s 92.7

I am on the air on two commercial radio stations, 92.7 FM and 95.3 FM HD4, every day at 1 o’clock, defending godly government and a free market. I have launched a GoFundMe page to gain direct connection with the reader and listener — folks just like you. I have been on the air for six […]

100 PILOT tax break deals in city to hit $400 million; is that fair?

Erskine Oglesby speaks with a member of the public after a Chattanooga city council meeting. (Photo DavidTulis) Our  Jobs PILOT program has been around since about 1985. The City and County have approved about 100 PILOT agreements since that time. By Helen Burns Sharp / Accountability for Taxpayer Money About $400,000,000 in property tax revenue […]

Peterson swims upstream, rejects city ban on Airbnb prosperity

Brian Peterson of Chattanooga and his wife, Laura, intend to prosper by having private guests stay on their property through the self-regulating system of Airbnb, a prosperity platform for guests and hosts alike. (Photo Brian Peterson) This house at 201 Thornton Ave. in Chattanooga is available to visitors from around the world, bringing private earnings […]

Escapees kill 2 ’drivers’; but apps help others on road turn profit

Covenant Transportation Group in Chattanooga has 1,000 team driver trucks in its tansportation fleet of 2,600 for-hire vehicles. (Photo CCJdigital.com) Driving and operating a motor vehicle are words describing a single activity subject to state regulation and police powers in the public interest. And that is getting behind the wheel of a car or truck […]

Residents take a lot of abuse from government; just don’t try to boot them from houses

Residents applaud a statement made by a city council member at a raucous East Ridge city council meeting consumed with objections to an expansive “redevelopment” plan. (Photos David Tulis) Meredith Moore, 30, a renter in East Ridge who works at a Christian nonprofit organization, is scandalized at the seeming low qualifications of members of East […]

Taxi board oversees transportation, no authority over private travel

Justin Strickland is the new chairman of Chattanooga’s taxi board, which regulates “vehicles for hire,” those involved in commerce. (Photo David Tulis) Hotel marketing manager Justin Strickland is the new head of the city’s transportation board, a sleepy volunteer regulator that exercises authority over transportation in the city. By David Tulis / 92.7 NoogaRadio Mr. […]

City slow to enforce misshapen Airbnb ban

City government’s appointee for economic development has been tasked with blockading economic development on the Internet. (Photo LinkedIn) It may be good that Chattanooga city government is bureaucratically slow in getting into gear its surveillance of the short-term vacation rental market. Donna Williams of the mayor’s economic and community development office has the unfortunate duty […]

Model for liberty, confidence, openness: Old Israel with no border wall

In what ways could city government in Chattanooga encourage the concept of sanctuary, where people fleeing evil elsewhere will be protected here? (Photo David Tulis) Welcome to Episode 43 of Axe to the Root Podcast, part of the War Room Productions, I am Bo Marinov, and for the next 20 minutes I will be getting […]