Boyd demands openness, cuts at tourism booster CVB
Tim Boyd leads by example, demands info on how tax money is spent by Convention & Visitors Bureau in Chattanooga, a nearly wholly county tax-dependent 501(c)4 client. Part 2 below: Does open records act oppress Commissioner Boyd? I argue the CVB and county attorney Rheubin Taylor are either bullying or misleading him about the open […]
Cash Friday lets local economy folk obtain partial satisfaction
The federal reserve note with 100s printed on it, carefully, by a federal government printer. The war on cash is a war not against criminals, terrorists, and the underground economy alone. It is a war against local economy and the free market in Tennessee — against private and personal commerce. So take it personally. By […]
‘Chattanooga goes rogue, finds local food, independence’
Sara McIntyre argues that local food is essential for personal, civic virtue, and promotes Crabtree Farms’ upcoming plant sale and festival. With David Tulis. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Godly civil order, self-governing people will create radically decentralized SE Tennessee
Decentralization and its origins in biblical thinking and American colonial history. In two parts. Thank you. Please like Noogaradio on Facebook. Tweet Pin It
Does church favoring privatized Christianity get its key essential wrong, too?
The Tennessee supreme court in Nashville is the judicial wing of state government. Neither it nor the federal supreme court “make” law, but the Obergefell gay opinion pretends to have leveled state laws on marriage. Does the gospel speak about limits on state authority? Without reformation, Chattanooga should not expect a better local economy and […]
How national economy wrung from us old, local economy mores, ways
Wendell Berry is a defender of local economy as a cultural artifact. What we lost when national economy consumed local economy, according to Wendell Berry. A soliloquy quoting Mr. Berry in his book, What are People For. Also, Tennessee sues to defend itself as a “sovereign entity” vis a vis a Yankee refugee program. (Courtesy […]
City rejects localist Crockett for slick national economy-oriented Berke
Dave Crockett was the local economy candidate for mayor of Chattanooga. His bid was overwhelmed by Web-savvy professional marketing by the incumbent, Andy Berke, standing just behind him in this M.K. King Boulevard march. (Photo Crockett campaign) Dave Crockett speaks to supporter Marty Von Schaaf at an election night dinner Tuesday with supporters. Former Times […]
Polished Berke defends city hall grip, but Crockett sees cranes sprouting; Grohn fires rebukes
Dave Crockett speaks at a mayoral debate Feb. 17, with Andy Berke, mayor, left; and Chris Long, right. (Photo David Tulis) Andy Berke, with a warchest of F$400,000, is flooding social media and TV with ads for re-election, having 17x more in cash than Larry Grohn, according to a state filing. Here, he gives an […]
If localism shares religious ideals of economic nationalism, it is a dead-end
New apartments go up on the North Shore as long rise in credit spawns building boom in Chattanooga before a coming bust. (Photo David Tulis) A locally owned shop in Soddy-Daisy, the Green Pond grocery, sells fuel and snacks. (Photo David Tulis) Localism and lococentrism stray if they share the error of the builders of […]
Crockett, evoking Noogacentric identity, best prospect for mayor
Among four candidates for mayor, Dave Crockett is closest to the ideals of local economy and free markets, also known as Noogacentrism. (Photo David Tulis) Dave Crockett is the mayor candidate who best reflects the ideas of local economy and free markets and who best reflects our unique analysis of the problems and prospects for […]