‘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 […]
Lone resister defies judicial-industrial complex: ‘Indict me’
Highway patrol officers use cruisers like this one for commercial enforcement purposes on the public highways in the state. (Photo TV3, Danny Viar) Lone man stands in front of Tiananen Square tanks, as it were, in a grand jury report for Hamilton County, Tenn. He is unwilling to plead guilty, and forces the system to […]
Eminent domain attorney Sanders briefs new law, Parkway fight
Parkway Towers, though an eyesore, marks a victory of property rights over the powers of eminent domain. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) It’s not often an interview guest on my show at Noogaradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM files a brief with the host on the topics they will explore. But attorney Adam Sanders, a specialist in eminent domain […]
To become great, city must slash official violence
Flags noting the deaths of Americans in federal wars fly across Chattanooga today, and in front of city hall in Soddy-Daisy, in north Hamilton County. (Photo David Tulis) To make Chattanooga a great city, residents should consider the extent to which they will accept the use of official violence in the city. By David Tulis […]
Thousands of defendants overlook right of appeal for ‘trial de novo’
Basil Marceaux stands in the Hamilton County, Tenn., court building as he challenges the use of police by municipal corporations despite high court rulings stating city authority is civil. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis / Noogradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM The court system so intimidates Americans that thousands of people in Hamilton County and […]
Airbnb proposal stands on false premise; let Gig City be an open city
These dwellings overseen by Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprises are potentially part of the sharing economy in housing rentals. (Photo CNE) A city council proposal to regulate home sharing networks offers false choices and pretends that city government has authority to regulate what private people do in their own houses. The council will vote June 13 on […]
Lone defendant says ‘no,’ puts system in tizzy
Hamilton County’s new justice building and old jail, background, are seen by a grand jury as needing more efficiency, to better move along minor defendants. But the constitution makes it troubling and difficult for accusations to be quickly processed, and courts and the legal profession have found ways around its requirements. A petty criminal defendant […]
Trailer park landlord seeks re-election as mayor while hounding Gaddys from home
“I’ve never had any occasion to get upset with Dwain Land at all,” says trailer park renter Renee Luper, an invalid in Dunlap, Tenn. With her is son, Michael. (Photo David Tulis) A row of rusty mailboxes line Land Drive next to a Dunlap, Tenn., trailer park owned by Mayor Dwain Land, one serving budget-conscious town […]
Disintegration in homeschooling; cultural changes affect groups’ godly mission
An exhibitor at the home education expo in Chattanooga shows four children a printed wonder. The event is held every summer in Camp Jordan. I worked for the homeschool newsletter Esprit before I was married, and a decade ago, as the father of four children, was handed the role of editor. I’ve been thinking lately […]
Boyd reveals ‘confidential’ details of tourism bureau
A family visiting Chattanooga enjoys a moment along the riverfront near the aquarium. (Photo Chattanoogafun.com) Tim Boyd proposes cutting the funding of the Convention & Visitors Bureau largely given by county government of which he is a commissioner. The group has a yearly budget of F$7.2 million, gets F$6.4 million or 84 percent of its cash […]