No. 4 candidate leads others at UTC debate in plan for homeless
Chris Long, a candidate for mayor and the least well-oiled among four, proposes a free market solution to homelessness at a mayoral debate Friday in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Mayoral candidate Chris Long hinted at a free market solution to homelessness at Friday night’s mayoral debate among the four rivals as former council member Dave […]
Crockett’s quirky lococentrism, from Rio & boardroom to mayor race
Mayoral candidate Dave Crockett, left, chats with welder and retired Chatt State instructor Larry Ponder and factory owner David Stutz. (Photo David Tulis) Mayoral candidate Dave Crockett is 6-foot-5 and until recently wore a Texas 10-gallon hat that makes him even taller in the saddle, more expansive in his travel tales. Mr. Crockett is a […]
How national economy makes Chattanooga a wasteland
National chains are interspersed among locally owned shops in Hixson, Tenn., north of Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) This is what our mode of production optimizes: ugliness, debt-serfdom, and servitude to politically dominant corporations. An insightful correspondent recently remarked on the striking transition of American neighborhoods from commercial districts dominated by locally owned businesses to streets […]
Does Crockett rail view contradict local economy perspective?
Dave Crockett, right, holds a pool cue on the campaign trail in Chattanooga, arguing for local economy with a boost from friction-free maglev rail paid for by a near-bankrupt Uncle. (Photo Crockett campaign on Facebook) The candidacy of Dave Crockett for mayor of Chattanooga highlights a problem in the idea of local economy and free […]
Local economy in tussle among Long, Grohn, Berke, Crockett
Where are local economy and free markets in mayor race? Berke hermetically sealed. Crockett touting giant rail plan. Long insisting on stormwater woes. Grohn pressing grownups’ trade school. (Courtesy Noogaradio.com) Tweet Pin It
Obedience to God’s law would reshape courts, society, economy of city
If Christians work for several generations to live and love in terms of God’s law, city culture, mores, laws and systems would be transformed for man’s benefit and God’s glory. (Photo David Tulis) Christendom is the idea of God’s propriety in the affairs of man — and man’s widespread recognition of His lawful and loving […]
Grohn wants more cops, jobs training, ‘affordable’ housing
Larry Grohn, a city council member, is running for mayor of Chattanooga. Voting is in March. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis / Chattanoogan.com Larry Grohn is ramping up his campaign for mayor and searching for ways to rise above the particulars of being a legislator on the city council to a winnable theory about […]
Crockett & the coming U.S. devolution
Dave Crockett, mayoral candidate, is a backer of the idea of the citystate, which envisions a shift in government away from the standard local-state-federal rubric to a more organic and geocentric theory. Here I explore Mr. Crockett’s connection with people in this line of thinking. Also, a chat with Carol Gaddy, the feisty Dunlap, Tenn., […]
Long backs idea of free trade zone in housing
Architectural consultant Chris Long, running for mayor of Chattanooga, says regulatory costs are stifling the housing market in the city. He tells why David Tulis’ argument for a free trade zone in housing — to help the homeless — is an idea that might work. (Photo Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Crockett says would be activist, lococentric mayor
Mayor candidate Dave Crockett develops some of his unusual ideas in an interview with David Tulis on Noogaradio. Tweet Pin It