Optimistic analysis of coming Chattanooga city-state (post crash)
Brandon and Neisha Brophy welcome girl preemie triplets into the world in January 2016. Procreation is a sign of optimism and a picture of human an investment in the future. David Tulis and Sam Spade at Noogaradio debate why Chattanoogans should be optimistic for the future. (Photo Ronald McDonald House blog) Chattanooga faces a coming […]
Christian rebuilding toward justice: Private courts, God’s law
State justice occurs in the old Hamilton County courthouse, left, with the county jail, right. Christian rebuilding of equity and justice will create a parallel private system in which God’s law will be the supreme law. (Photo David Tulis) What can be done to return society to a biblical, free judicial system? In this section […]
Schools’ fears of sex predators deepen isolationism in proposed Airbnb ban
The fear of out-of-town visitors is threatening a measure before Chattanooga city council that would ban Airbnb families from turning empty houses into havens for travelers. The proposed ban plays on fears that students like these at Girls Preparatory Schools are vulnerable to sexual abuse from neighbors if those neighbors let their houses through Airbnb. […]
‘Half the time they don’t bring’ TN inmate medications
By Sharon Rondeau / Postandemail.com A letter received May 22 from an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, Tenn., reinforces numerous reports received over the last year detailing very limited visitation, cold meals served at irregular times, long-term lockdown periods when inmates are confined to their cells for up to 23 hours each […]
Airbnb plan voids 3 citizen protections, turds ‘Gig’ open economy spirit
Dark clouds of regulation hang over property rights among Chattanoogans. (Photo Sandy Battles Keller Williams Realty) On Tuesday Chattanooga city council seems ready to vote for a plan that defeats the optimism and forward-thinking in the Gig City concept in the city for the past decade. Council members seem not to disfavor a plan pretends […]
David Tulis’ “If we were a free people, who would pay?” speech
It takes a jury 40 minutes to convict a Christian constitutionalist, “the Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg,” of 4 charges in a TN court, December 2015. We deserve slavery, yes. (Courtesy Noogaradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM) Tweet Pin It
Unmarked police chase cars cause fear in 50% of travelers
The use of unmarked police cars in Chattanooga is not authorized by statute, which however gives sheriff’s departments a blanket OK to run such cars for undercover operations “and other purposes.” The practice is a threat and cause of fear or terror among at least 50 percent of the Chattanooga population. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
‘Gig City’ flames lower as council imposes map on Internet
From left, Jane Pardue of Balharbor Neighborhood Association; Cynthia Stanley-Cash of North Brainerd Neighborhood Association; and Lee Earl and Pat Barley of the Balharbor neighborhood oppose gains of the digital sharing economy across city neighborhoods. (Photo David Tulis) Thick flak is bursting around Chattanooga as its Gig City global marketing brand, trailing smoke, drifts lower Tuesday before […]
Twilight of courts: Elusive search for justice in American police state
Angel and Jennifer Mendez with the child she was carrying when she was shot by police. “As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the […]
Justices OK police shooting after warrantless search startles homeless couple
The supreme court justified the shootings of this couple during a warrantless search. As Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke is seeking a police chief to replace one who’s leaving, it becomes more important for the city council and the citizenry to demand a chief who is accountable to the fact that every human being is made […]