City weighs ‘fright’ factor in use of unmarked cop cars to stop women in traffic

Chief Fred Fletcher says the mother of a boy shot by gangland misdoings suffered “fear and horror.” But do city police traffic stops in private cars create such fright among innocent users of the public roadways? The story develops. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) A public statement given by Chief Fred Fletcher in the case of the shooting […]

Airbnb plan voids 3 citizen protections, turds ‘Gig’ open economy spirit

Dark clouds of regulation hang over property rights among Chattanoogans. (Photo Sandy Battles Keller Williams Realty) On Tuesday Chattanooga city council seems ready to vote for a plan that defeats the optimism and forward-thinking in the Gig City concept in the city for the past decade. Council members seem not to disfavor a plan pretends […]

Favors open to decentralized solution to 5 broken schools

YOUR LOCOCENTRISM IS SHOWING — State Rep. JoAnne Favors analyzes a proposed state takeover of five “failing” Chattanooga-area state schools, objecting to a top-down alliance that puts a Massachussetts organization in the driver’s seat. Mrs. Favors, a Democrat, is open to nontraditional solutions if they can be brought to bear by LOCAL people, despite a […]

Unmarked police chase cars cause fear in 50% of travelers

The use of unmarked police cars in Chattanooga is not authorized by statute, which however gives sheriff’s departments a blanket OK to run such cars for undercover operations “and other purposes.” The practice is a threat and cause of fear or terror among at least 50 percent of the Chattanooga population. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It

‘Gig City’ flames lower as council imposes map on Internet

From left, Jane Pardue of Balharbor Neighborhood Association; Cynthia Stanley-Cash of North Brainerd Neighborhood Association; and Lee Earl and Pat Barley of the Balharbor neighborhood oppose gains of the digital sharing economy across city neighborhoods. (Photo David Tulis) Thick flak is bursting around Chattanooga as its Gig City global marketing brand, trailing smoke, drifts lower Tuesday before […]

Twilight of courts: Elusive search for justice in American police state

Angel and Jennifer Mendez with the child she was carrying when she was shot by police. “As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the […]

Justices OK police shooting after warrantless search startles homeless couple

The supreme court justified the shootings of this couple during a warrantless search. As Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke is seeking a police chief to replace one who’s leaving, it becomes more important for the city council and the citizenry to demand a chief who is accountable to the fact that every human being is made […]