50% tax cut would spur sharp improvements in county schools
This graphic from the 2016 CAFR shows where the county’s money comes from. It is possible to empathize with Hamilton County Commissioners who are being asked to consider a tax increase of F$100 million to pay for the state factory school system in the Chattanooga area. The reason one might sympathize with board members is […]
Judge frees Gaddy as city accepts engineer report giving house 100% grade
Stephen Greer, city attorney, fought to obtain access to private property though no criminal warrant has been filed in a 2 1/2-year-old fight against two elderly homeowners instituted by Dunlap, Tenn., mayor Dwain Land outside regular legal process. (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy was freed Friday from jail after having served 14 days on a contempt […]
Spokeswoman says inmate reports ‘fictitious’
Neysa Taylor, prisons spokeswoman I’ve reviewed the letter that you received from Mr. Harmer. This letter is the latest in a series of fictitious letters that Mr. Harmer has written in recent months. By Neysa Taylor / Tennessee department of correction It appears that Mr. Harmer would like to not only circumvent the grievance process […]
Prison gives Crips thug ‘access’ to whistleblower
Morgan county correctional complex houses inmate Grenda Harmer, who says administrators arranged to have him confronted by a gang member. (Photo Google Earth) WARTBURG, Tenn., Morgan County Correctional Complex, Aug. 22, 2017 — Dear Commissioner Parker, in under 11 months time you and your subordinates have harassed me, retaliated against me, and now have deliberately placed […]
Hixson Utility District under fire for injecting industrial waste into water supplies
Heath Marter, with his girlfriend Liz Morris, of Chattanooga is a vocal opponent of fluoride and is renewing his efforts to get the Hixson Utility District board to consider the dangers of fluoroide upon unsuspecting customers. (Photo Facebook) Hixson Utility District injects industrial waste product into water for the benefit of a tiny segment of its customers […]
Gaddy demands relief, cites lawless process at hearing
Engineer Barry Fields of Crossville, Tenn., gives the Gaddy house a 100 percent grade. But the document is unlikely to satisfy demands from a judge that Dunlap city officials be allowed to search the house for unknown reasons. Carol Gaddy of Dunlap today makes an appearance in Sequatchie County circuit court in her petition to […]
Coppinger pushes for tax hike as dollar weakens; Boyd sees waste
Are officials remiss in not pointing out that every dollar in tax receipts buys less and less because that dollar is issued by the honorable lender of last resort for the U.S. government? County commissioner Tim Boyd says Mayor Jim Coppinger’s budget is larded with wasteful spending. (Photo wrcbtv.com) In proposing a tax increase against […]
Churches should create own courts, offer justice
The Christian church, with God’s grace and God’s law generously granted it, is the natural repository of godly wisdom and justice. Why not, then, consider the creating of church courts to handle disputes among Christians, and others, as well? The authority is 1 Corinthians 6:1 ff. “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, […]
BearCats, other war gear to flow again to area cops
Chattanooga police in 2010 obtained a six-ton F$1.1 million Lenco armored car that can carry 12 SWAT team members on cushioned seats enroute to serve a warrant for TennCare fraud or other threatening activity. The vehicle was paid for entirely by Uncle Sam. (Photo Lencoarmor.com) “If we’re training cops as soldiers, giving them equipment like […]
Roddy’s 1st temptation: Re-militarization of police under Trump
The group Concerned Citizens for Justice expressed alarm over police militarization prior to the naming of David Roddy as Chattanooga police chief. (Photo Concerned Citizens for Justice) The seeming commitment of the Andy Berke administration toward police reform comes under a temptation days after city council voted to approve the nomination of David Roddy as […]