TVA seizes 72 acres in instant; landowner cries foul
A photo montage posted by Stop Dextroying Tennessee Farms on FB. Greg Vital is in the top right photo. Bottom photo, signs declaring the matter of property rights in simplest form. Local landowner Greg Vital and two other property owners are fighting for their property rights as TVA has obtained a condemnation order against them […]
Protesters decry beating of singer Toney; council members flick out
City hall Tuesday night is lit by a spotlight that says police act like thugs when they should act like public servants. Nearly 40 angry people of color chase members of Chattanooga’s city council from their dais tonight by demanding justice and crying for deliverance from police thuggery in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. By David […]
City rejects visitors, says they cannot stay in Airbnb houses if hosts not live there
Refugees from Atlanta, Scott and Melissa Mainwaring of Chattanooga are shocked that city council rejects their plea to have Airbnb in a house bought for investment income in Highland Park. (Photo David Tulis) A young woman is increasingly enchanted by Chattanooga, thanks to her stays at Airbnb homes, and moves here with her husband to […]
City attorney Noblett listens to claims about right to travel, limits on cop power
In a meeting with the city attorney’s office I bring up the question of whether ChattyWagon is involved in transportation. Transportation is carrying goods or people for profit and gain and for hire. The Chattanooga tourist business gives rides for free so that it might advertise for its sponsors (free speech). The city attorney argues […]
TVA sues to condemn private lands for power line shortcut
TVA sues Greg Vital and other landowners in Chattanooga area under eminent domain so it can take the easy way out in running a power line to its proposed control facility. (Courtesy 92.7 NoogaRadio) Tweet Pin It
How hiphop artist C-Grimey might use administrative notice in crunch
Cameron Williams is like thousands of people in the Chattanooga area — burdened by a revoked or suspended or canceled driver license. But what if he just has to get into a car and steer down the street — and what if he’s caught? (Photo Cameron Williams on FB) Cameron Williams, or C-Grimey, is a […]
‘Rebuttable presumption’ keeps motorists in thrall; how to rebut ‘driver’ status?
This sketch explores how TAN separates commercial users of the roads (drivers, operators) from travelers. The left column is that of the ultra vires [beyond the scope] statist status quo. The right-hand column tells the benefits of reform if Chattanooga becomes a sanctuary city from Tenn. Code Ann. Title 55. Local economy has a theory strongly […]
State agencies raid Burt, other families for children needed to keep cash flow
Shameca Burt and her suitcase of legal papers from which she fights for her children, though the state terminated her momma’s rights for all of them. Mrs. Burt of Chattanooga researches the law and asserts her claims for damages as a “pro se litigant” and belligerent claimant in person, going to the federal courthouse three […]
Breezy legal ad dries paint around police chief Roddy, Sheriff Hammond
Police chief David Roddy deals with members of the public at an event at Unum insurance. Mr. Roddy and Mayor Andy Berke are under administrative notice about the limits of police transportation enforcement powers against people using cars, trucks and motorbikes on Chattanooga streets, boulevards, roads and freeways. (Photo CPD) An affidavit of classified ad […]
Notice project will gain foothold in individual acts of courage at local level
Sheriff Jim Hammond got transportation administrative notice March 1, 2018, and refused to alter traffic stop practices, despite clear limits in state law outlined in a notice he did not rebut. (Photo David Tulis) Local economy has a theory strongly and insists on bottom-up reform, and rejects the hope of top-down reform, especially where constitutional […]