60 homeowners work to create property defense group amid East Ridge threat

Attorney Milad Emam talks to a group of East Ridge residents about how to organize a property-defense association to keep an eye on caring officials and their plans for the city. (Photo David Tulis) An activist attorney says the city’s redevelopment authority wields a power “that should never be used against anyone” and Wednesday urged […]

Hirsch case hints how state makes bizarre legal gyration to make itself god

Arthur J. Hirsch plays the fiddle at the residence of a senior citizen. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” identifies bizarre legal lassitude the state allows itself in the prosecution of criminal cases, a process that implicitly rejects a biblical jurisprudence. (Photo David Tulis) Without even a signed order, the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected a petition […]

State paroles Whipple, who learns art of legal war in cell

David Tulis listens to the dad of Robert Z. Whipple, also named Robert, talk about his son’s release. The departure from the prison at Horsehead Road in Pikeville, Tenn., could take as long as two weeks. (Photo courtesy Noogaradio) Sorry I haven’t written sooner, I have been having a hectic last few days. As you […]

Teacher Spencer arrested: A glance into soul of accused, & of ‘the system’

Top photo, Raquel Eleana Spencer in 2016, from her Facebook page. And, bottom photo, from her Whitfield County arrest mugshot in a drug case that expanded into a sexual exploitation by an authority figure criminal charge. Who is Raquel Spencer, and what she is suffering? My reflections on the arrest of teacher Raquel Eleana Spencer  […]

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 […]

Civil asset forfeiture law yields private cars to highwayman, shields commercial vehicles

Private cars and trucks are subjject to the state forfeiture statute, but not vehicles in commerce. (Photo Gribblenation) The distinction in Tennessee law between travel and transportation is found everywhere. Today I am talking with state Rep. Mike Carter regarding reform in the civil asset forfeiture statute that pares back some of the evils of […]

Airbnb ordinance open to legal challenge, violates constitution on 3 counts

Many owners of houses like this one in East Ridge are being told they may not use the Internet to bring paying visitors to their dwellings. (Photo Zillow) Another Southeast Tennessee municipality is making war on the Internet, trying to raise a Beijing wall to keep out wealth that flows into town via short-term vacation […]

7 reasons mayors, sheriffs will refuse adding single question to traffic arrest protocol

Jeremiah resisted false prophets who rejected warnings from God because they had always done things the same way and could not change, even if for the better and obedience to their creator. (Image from woodcut from Eduard Bendemann, Museum Kunstpalast) The universal abuse of Tennessee driver’s license law cries for reform from the ground up, […]

Berke would make enemies if takes tough action over roadside abuses

Mayor Andy Berke of Chattanooga celebrates residents’ creativity in his state of the city speech April 19. (Photo Andy Berke) Ending police abuse of the traveling public in Chattanooga and beyond is an exciting prospect that will increase freedom and liberty in the area, draw more people to live and prosper here, and become an […]

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. […]