Category: Local economy

Cops charge ‘aggressive panhandling’; does giving alms support evil habits

Mendon John Price By David Tulis City police enforced a state law against “aggressive” begging, and have cited to city court a widely known beggar, Mendon John Price. Rising to his defense and expressing indignation at “capitalism, racism and patriarchy” is a liberal Christian ministry in Chattanooga. The progressively minded Christians at Mercy Junction Justice […]

Basis of rebuilding local economy: Local agriculture

Franklin Sanders of Highpoint, Tenn., calls for the power of local economy to fill the gaps that will be left in the progressive collapse of national government and a souring national economy. 47 minutes. Tweet Pin It

If cop departments fade, city residents will save money

Officer Steve Meador, right, takes an oath in joining the Chattanooga police department. (Photo Wrcbtv.com). Below, apps such as the Peacekeeper will eventually return personal safety and public peace to private individuals who are not “law enforcement.” By David Tulis Modern policing puts into the hands of professional government employees a common law function — […]

Wealth-building ideas counter state-induced dependency

Planners in Hamilton County use a democratic gloss to wiggle forward with their ideas about cities and their residents. By John Anthony In spite of President Obama’s slick candor and a sympathetic media, the devices he uses to create his centrally “governed” society are vulnerable. Like an underdeveloped nation torn between wealthy landowners and the […]

More diners pay cash, favor local economy, burger boss Johnston says

Anthony Johnston of Armando’s of Hixson says today about half of his diners pay with cash, a 10 percentage point increase in favor of local economy, in the past months. He is at a loss as to why cash is gaining currency. By paying cash his customers help him avoid the national sales tax of […]

Doc flees med Titanic, gives ’direct care’

Dr. Matthew Hitchcock of Chattanooga, a former Navy physician, has launched a direct care clinic that avoids insurance and government third-party payers. For F$100 a month, he can oversee care for a senior citizen. He charges less for younger people, and offers super-cheap meds and tests because he is a cash customer. 20 minutes Tweet […]

Is there war on police, or war on people, local economy?

A “civilian” is wowed by the military gear shown off by a Cleveland, Tenn., police officer hidden from view by a knightly shield. (Photo Cleveland police department) By Adam Dick There has been much talk about a “war on police” in 2015. The story goes that police in America are in great danger from a […]

Neighborly acts weakly contradict warrior cop trend

Officer David Cogburn and a Chattanooga centenarian. (Photo Fred Fletcher on Facebook) By David Tulis Chattanooga chief of police Fred Fletcher adheres to the theory called community policing. This idea sees police officers as becoming personal and social fixities in their assigned neighborhoods, being friends with all the residents, being intimates among shopkeeps, homeowners, traders, […]