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Tempers flare as new city attorney Noblett ripped on open records rebuff

Anthony Byrd, city council member in a chat after Tuesday’s meeting, says he sides with police in a noxious arrest of a girl dragged from her family’s car by a cop assisting in a repossession action by used car lot M&R Motors. (Photo David Tulis) Tempers flared at city council after 92.7 FM broadcast journalist […]

Tires, engine, steering wheel do not motor vehicle make

I stand before a family car, a RAV4, and wonder if its engine and its tires and body make it a “motor vehicle” subject to police powers. Or does the use of the car create liability for obedience to police intervention under Title 55? (Photo David Tulis) Are you traveling down the highway in a […]

Sun shines over Red Bank; city attorney refuses to admit TAN

Because Red Bank refuses to acknowledge receipt of transportation administrative notice, I file an affidavit of service. (Photo David Tulis) City of Red Bank is one that refuses to recommend itself to the larger world, and deserves what up through today is a rotten reputation as a municipality, a shaggy place full of empty storefronts […]

Tasing of elderly woman a police ’necessity’; so, too, baseless charges

Cops figure old crone, Martha Al-Bishara of Chatsworth, Ga., may not speak English, but’ll understand taser as they fight to remain safe, get home to their families that night. Here with David Tulis, her highly intelligent grandchildren, Martha Douhne and Timothy Douhne, tell about the stellar law enforcement labors of Chatsworth, Ga., police chief, Josh Etheridge. […]

Charging, tasing woman, 87, wins sissy cop honor for chief, 2 cops

Lee University grad Martha Douhne and her grandmother, Martha Al-Bashara, talk with a Newschannel9 reporter in Chatsworth, Ga. (Photo Newschannel9) Chatsworth Police Department wins my first sissy cop award for extraordinary valor in offloading 99.98 percent of personal risk onto others and tasing an old woman so that the police chief and his two subordinates […]

Charlottesville suppresses political liberty in name of safety

To avoid a repetition of the protest of August 2017, as seen here in an exchange of digital gestures, Charlottesville city government is imposing a police state and voiding constitutional liberty. (Photo Wikipedia) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — While it is appropriate that the government and the public work together to ensure that the tragedies of August […]

Pastor’s letter supports parents religious exemption against vaccines

Brainerd Hills Presbyterian church is on East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Under Tennessee law, a parent who does not wish to have vaccines for a child can obtain a religious exemption. This is a signed and written statement by the parent, citing those beliefs against vaccination that are religious in nature. The […]

100 PILOT tax break deals in city to hit $400 million; is that fair?

Erskine Oglesby speaks with a member of the public after a Chattanooga city council meeting. (Photo DavidTulis) Our  Jobs PILOT program has been around since about 1985. The City and County have approved about 100 PILOT agreements since that time. By Helen Burns Sharp / Accountability for Taxpayer Money About $400,000,000 in property tax revenue […]