Hixson Utility District board persists in mass medical treatment by water

Rebecca Hunter of the Hixson Utility District, Gov. Bill Haslam’s personnel director, impatiently listens to clean-water petitioners as she goes into the office for a bottle of water. She and other board member reject calls to end the injection of a government-approved industrial waste into water used for drinking, bathing, cooking and gardening. (Photo David […]

Patriots at Dayton dinner hail Trump, assert blessings of constitution

Though they love the U.S. Bill of Rights, men and women rise and salute the federal banner as if it still represents their interests in lawful government. (Photo David Tulis) Homeschooled teenager Jake Griffin, 15, and Jillian Edmonds, 16, listen to Jake’s grandmother, June Griffin, address the Bill of Rights dinner in Dayton, Tenn. (Photo […]

Dunlap mayor says sad over Gaddy ‘inspection’ fight

Dwain Land signed the initial complaint in the Gaddy case in Dunlap, Tenn., where the city is demanding a search without taking the trouble of drafting an affidavit of probable cause. (Photo David Tulis) The mayor of Dunlap says he regrets the escalating conflict over property rights in his southeast Tennessee town. “I hate anything […]

Hixson Utility District weighing 4 reasons to kill fluoride injections

Hixson Utility District on Hixson Pike, Chattanooga, is considering ending fluoridation of water used by 26,000 customers to drink, bathe, cook and garden. (Photo David Tulis) While the science about the benefits of fluoride remains in debate, four simple reasons exist for elimination of the chemical from public water supplies. By David Tulis / Noogaradio […]

Lawyers in bus crash lawsuits yield open secret about a lost liberty

Bus companies such as Durham School Services earn a profit from transporting people or goods for hire on the people’s roads, and so are called “common carriers” subject to regulation. (Photo secure.burlesonisd.net) A secret is being revealed by lawyers filing lawsuits on behalf of victims of the yellow school bus crash in Chattanooga that killed […]

Haslam appointee Hunter faces fluoride flap in Hixson

Rebecca Hunter, state commissioner of human resources, also is a board member of the Hixson Utility District as it faces demands for clean water. (Photo YouTube state video) The effort to root out fluoride from the facilities at Hixson Utility District appears to face an uphill battle if the background of key board members is […]

We need to end bail system that jails poor people

People are jailed in this monolith in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., for being unable to pay fines. (Photo wrcbtv.com) Our terribly overcrowded Hamilton County Jail may get some help from an unsuspected corner – the Obama administration is tackling the fact that right now over 450,000 people are in our country’s jails because they are too […]

Hunter celebrates museum backers, touts Baxter’s sculptures

Marion Griscom, left, the better half of a Chattanooga media couple (the other is Tom), chats with Hugh and Verbie Prevost, an academic UTC couple. (Photo David Tulis) A cultivated crowd attends Thursday the member’s Christmas party at Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Visitors quit a showroom, background left, displaying Verina Baxter’s scultures, […]

Hammond defends probe into East Ridge police execution of plumber

Sheriff Jim Hammond, the most powerful man in Hamilton County, Tenn, says his deputies are trained to de-escalate tense encounters that otherwise might end in a police shoot-down of a citizen. (Photo David Tulis) Sheriff Jim Hammond defends his investigation into the slaying of Todd Browning, East Ridge plumber armed with a metal rod whom […]