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 […]
Abusing Gaddys, Land wrecks good name; Greer for mayor
Jennifer Lockhart Greer teaches history and civics at the high school. The personal liberties secured under constitutional government are the fruit of simple promises. In Dunlap, Tenn., an elderly couple hiding from authorities are simple enough to believe these promises and to stand firmly upon them. By David Tulis / Tennesseestar.com The city’s civil prosecution […]
Marceaux cases would stymie ‘police state’ enforcement in all TN cities
Basil Marceaux of Soddy-Daisy is raising explosive questions about Tennessee courts and the state’s use of inferior civil courts to process criminal complaints. (Photo David Tulis) Former gubernatorial candidate and free-range motorist Basil Marceaux will appear before a Hamilton County circuit court to argue in one of a series of criminal cases whose defense is […]
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 […]
Good riddance to Anderson, whose gay theory poisoned city politics
Chris Anderson, who proposed vampire like searching-out of voters’ intentions in 2014 recall effort, is part of the decline of share value in the gay market. Voters in the city council race sell at a discount— and they’re glad for the loss. They will recapitalize with Erskine Oglesby on the council. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
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 […]
CVB’s threats to silence Boyd lack legal basis
Chattanooga is pitched as a tourist destination by a group that gets F$7.1 million from Hamilton County taxpayers. (Photo Chattanoogafun.com) A local nonprofit group that relies on tax money for most of its budget is threatening County Commissioner Tim Boyd, who is walking on tiptoes while discussing the group’s big spending. He should rather walk […]
TN highwayman program targeted by reform bill invites local corruption
Seized cars and trucks are part of Tennessee’s highwayman program, also known as civil asset forfeiture. (Photo Tennessee Watchdog) This week a committee in the general assembly is considering the civil asset forfeiture reform bill proposed by Sen. Todd Gardenhire and a state representative. The bill would reduce the incentive of police departments and sheriff’s […]
Doctrine of lesser magistrate gives impetus to sheriffs, clerks, mayors to end slayings
Streetside demonstrators declare that the unborn deserve legal protection, and that their murder should be absolutely abolished. (Photo Flickr Missionaries to the Preborn) The following analysis explores the biblical requirement for men and women in civil authority to resist lawlessness and crime among their superiors in government. They do so by interposing themselves and their […]
Gardenhire seeks to restrain TN’s highway robbery program
Civil asset forfeiture lets Tennessee run official highwayman program, but Sen. Todd Gardenhire seeks revisions. In 2016 the state had 7,616 forfeiture cases, stole F$17 million in cash and confiscated more than 10 cars and trucks a day. The total for 2009 to 2014 was F$85.9 million and F$26 million more from the U.S. justice department. […]