TN school systems use taxpayer money for lobbying
The Tennessee Organization for School Superintendents shells out $10,000 to $25,000 in taxpayer money for five lobbyists. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) Certain public school systems in Tennessee are using taxpayer money to hire lobbyists who push items those same taxpayers may not like, state records show. Justin Owen, president of the Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee, a […]
How to maintain your rights at traffic stops, help free city
Officer Mark Niethammer, suspended in December 2015 for drag racing his police cruiser, gives a tyke a push on his self-propelled car during a presumably friendly neighborhood visit. (Photo Chattanooga Police Department) My most recent encounter with police was the night I returned to Chattanooga from a visit to the Gnome of Strawberry Plains. The […]
Fluoride pits concrete, corrodes pipes at Sale Creek plant; operator sick
These filter tanks take crud and turbidity out of well water in north Hamilton County. But the North West Utility district north of Chattanooga injects hydrofluorosilicic acid into the water — crud of a different sort that’s part of a legacy practice its board is considering dropping. (Photo David Tulis) Fluoride is an industrial waste […]
Hirsch victory dinner marks God’s work on people in state system
Lawrence County farmers’ market gets under way in Middle Tennessee with the fruit of the earth, 90 percent of which is God’s grant for man’s use, 10 percent of which is required as a return to the Creator. (Photo mainstreetlawrenceburgtn.com) On June 11 a criminal defendant will host a victory dinner at a church fellowship […]
In Christian prayer of repentance, civilization builds
A Muslim fighter, in keeping with his battlfield victories, talks about buying sex slaves on the cheap in a noted video. Christianity is a system of belief and life that will reshape human society and in large measure reorganize nations and kingdoms before the last day. That is a promise contained with the scriptures and […]
What to do when you get a camera-generated traffic ticket letter
Rep. Andy Holt explains how traffic camera ticket companies are violating the law and deceiving motorists. NASHVILLE, May 25, 2016 — In the 2015 legislative session, I sought to outlaw all speed and red light cameras in the State of Tennessee. It was an incredibly hard battle against cities and private companies that have become […]
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Judge tosses case vs. free-range ‘Fiddle Man’ who cites God’s laws on impartiality
Arthur Jay Hirsch, the noted “Fiddle Man of Lawrence County,” convinces a judge that God’s standards of impartiality are moral — and also duplicated in the Tennessee code of judicial ethics. (Photo David Tulis) Fear ye not. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show you today. — Exodus 14:13 […]
State troopers take private sector by storm, bully travelers into commerce
State troopers display themselves and their vehicles in 1937, the year Tennessee state government created the commercial driver license and began a process of threatening all car and truck users into commerce. (Photo Statetrooperplates.com) State troopers originated as a biker club that received state sanction. (Photo Statetrooperplates.com) The state enforces traffic laws against people it […]
Cabbies, haulers subject to state control; what about you, private user?
David and Jacqueline Parker run Covenant Transport, which profits from the use of the highways, and is subject to state control. The word “driver” is legally a commercial usage. (Photo Covenant Transport Inc.) Tennessee state government has authority to regulate one group of people on the public roads, but not another. The regulatory power it […]