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 […]
City officials, cops ignore police powers notice
City officials and the police chief are ignoring a notice that indicates current traffic enforcement protocols are illegally putting people into custody and before courts who are not in commercial jurisdiction. (Photo David Tulis) City government is ignoring an 8-month effort to bring it into compliance with state and federal law regulating the commercial use […]
Cops schmooze with public as council apology eases Mott-Coonrod feud
Demetrus Coonrod, right, city councilwoman, speaks with Donna “Elle,” left, and Tippi Montgomery. (Photo David Tulis) Marie Mott and council chairman Ken Smith find points of common ground after city council Oct. 2. (Photo David Tulis) City councilman Demetrus Coonrod, humbled by a Christian mediation session, utters a public apology Tuesday to Marie Mott and […]
Police powers notice to fight for place in county records
Police officers in Chattanooga conduct a transportation stop against a traveler who, under legal presumption only, is involved in transportation. (Photo David Tulis) County attorney Rheubin Taylor and county register Marc Gravitt are resisting entry into the county record books a document called transportation administrative notice. The notice has powerful implications for police and sheriff […]
Sun shines over Red Bank; city attorney refuses to admit TAN
Because Red Bank refuses to acknowledge receipt of transportation administrative notice, I file an affidavit of service. (Photo David Tulis) City of Red Bank is one that refuses to recommend itself to the larger world, and deserves what up through today is a rotten reputation as a municipality, a shaggy place full of empty storefronts […]
Rescuers tell prosecutors meaning of interposition to save preborn
Operation Rescue activists have the support of demonstrators. (Photo Operation Save America) Update on the Louisville Rescue and the F.A.C.E. trial by Rusty Thomas, National Director of Operation Save America. Read his official response to the federal prosecutor’s interrogatories. Brethren, I just received permission from our attorneys to release the questionnaire or what they call interrogatories […]
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 […]
‘Practicing the King’s Economy’ puts God’s heart into capitalism, welfare
People depart after worship at North Shore Fellowship in Chattanooga, a church where civil engagement and justice are taught as part of Christians’ mercy upon the world. Author Robby Holt is pastor. (Photo David Tulis) Pot luck beats soup kitchens as Christians develop personalistic, open and charity-oriented ideals of local economy, entrepreneuership and free market. […]
‘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 […]
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 […]