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Hamilton utility board should vote to halt fluoridation of water

By David Tulis The proposal to end the pouring fluoride into the district’s water supply is wise for two reasons — cost and public health. For one, liquid hydrofluorosilicic acid costs about $8,000 a year but imposes up to $12,000 a year corrosion damage to pipes and valves. This is worrisome. If it corrodes metal, […]

TN outlaws 14,223 drivers in town as court demands payment

This woman and thousands of others in a military town in Tennessee have their driver licenses revoked for debts owed to a court in Clarksville. The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper reports the details. State government revoked the driver licenses of 14,223 people in a hapless Tennessee county whose traffic court sent notice to Nashville of uncollected fines. […]

Easy credit fuels retail boom, sacks God’s rule for money

Evidence of the credit boom in northern Chattanooga along Highway153: A retail development still seeking tenants. (Photo David Tulis) Scott Hale of Dayton, busily talking on the phone, is developer of two neighboring retail complexes in Hixson, one containing an Advance Auto set to open month’s end. (Photo David Tulis) A steel structural shell rises […]