Title 55 charge puts young woman to tears
A THP officer gets back into his car after making a scene outside the Hixson Panera bread store, charging a young woman with “texting while driving,” enforcing a transportation statute against a young woman who legally admits she is involved in transportation (though as matter of fact, she’s not). (Photo David Tulis) The arrest of […]
Lassitude grips city council as members do busywork, ignore Berke violence
Sharee Robinson-James, left, talks with police official Danna Vaughn about private criminal activity outside a city nightclub while, background, city council member Erskine Oglesby, left, chats with a staffer for Mayor Andy Berke. (Photo David Tulis) A great lassitude seems to afflict the residents of Chattanooga and keeps them from being angry about the abuse […]
How to get into public school — without ‘required’ vaccines
Immunizations are required to get into public school, Or are they? How to get the “religious exemption” if you want a vaccine-free son or daughter and avoid grave perils from vaccination. David Tulis on the rules in Tennessee. (Courtesy 92.7 NoogaRadio) School vaccine law lets you exempt out for religious reasons Pastor’s letter supports parents […]
‘Double nickel’ traffic-stop reform = change of morals for city
Churches such as North Shore Fellowship downtown teach that the Christian gospel’s goal is the transformation of individuals and cities to be more loving — and more just. (Photo David Tulis) A city that adopts a policy of obeying Tennessee law regarding transportation and police traffic stops will effectively be altering its morals. Chattanooga is […]
Able to go no further, fleeing woman in car slain after hitting cop
Officers slay American after chasing her along highway, into deadend in a Soddy-Daisy residential area surrounded by woods. Did the officer think that the Title 55 transportation stop and its fruits were to be worth the snuffing of a human life, and the serious injuries his bullet gave to the man in the next seat […]
By dismissing 3 Airbnb cases, city holds up illegal rule
This is the house at 3610 Ansel Circle in Hixson from which Amanda Cobb, a single mom, hopes to derive financial sustenance — if only Chattanooga city government would not be illegally banning her private activity. (Photo Google Maps) The city attorney’s office on Thursday let slip three civil defendants who had offended the city’s […]
Ledford pushes back against open city idea that would result from Title 55 obedience
Darrin Ledford, member of Chattanooga city council, says he wants police to treat people with respect. (Photo David Tulis) City council member Darrin Ledford pushes back against the implications of transportation administrative notice, worried that if people have liberty to travel freely, careless travelers will get away with “drunken driving” and other evils without the […]
Cop-abused business law sparks Red Bank execution of woman
The Red Bank police department uses cruisers like this to chase down private users of the road under the state’s commercial transportation law. (Photo David Tulis) A police chase and slaying of Donna Lynn Allen, 39, in Soddy-Daisy Tuesday highlights the dangers of police departments using business laws to harass non-business users of the public […]
Residents could win huge refund if Gaddy right about Dunlap annex flaw
Steve Darnell, an administrative law judge from the Tennessee department of state, strolls about the old Sequatchie County courthouse prior to hearing a case seeking to overturn 1972 annexation claims by City of Dunlap, a municipal corporation. (Photos David Tulis) Ivan Condra, 84, elected property assessor seven times, served 28 years and is a longtime […]
Police rape case strains council decorum; citizens demand ‘oversight’
City council member Darrin Ledford talks with a city resident Tuesday while, background, council member Ken Smith speaks with Basil Marceaux. (Photos David Tulis) Demetrus Coonrod is the only city council member to have expressed opposition to police violence. Basil Marceaux of Soddy-Daisy gives a five-minute chat regarding his high theories of law and justice […]