Cash Friday lets local economy folk obtain partial satisfaction
The federal reserve note with 100s printed on it, carefully, by a federal government printer. The war on cash is a war not against criminals, terrorists, and the underground economy alone. It is a war against local economy and the free market in Tennessee — against private and personal commerce. So take it personally. By […]
Jets stripe city skies 9 days of past 15; lungs, gardens, health at risk?
This morning scene from my house in Soddy-Daisy is breathtaking, showing how dust deposits spread into cloud cover. The U.S. war against sunlight continues under Mr. Trump, evidently because it serves a goal higher than public health under the U.S. clean air act. (Photo David Tulis) In a view typical of sky stripe mornings, jets […]
Does church favoring privatized Christianity get its key essential wrong, too?
The Tennessee supreme court in Nashville is the judicial wing of state government. Neither it nor the federal supreme court “make” law, but the Obergefell gay opinion pretends to have leveled state laws on marriage. Does the gospel speak about limits on state authority? Without reformation, Chattanooga should not expect a better local economy and […]
Polished Berke defends city hall grip, but Crockett sees cranes sprouting; Grohn fires rebukes
Dave Crockett speaks at a mayoral debate Feb. 17, with Andy Berke, mayor, left; and Chris Long, right. (Photo David Tulis) Andy Berke, with a warchest of F$400,000, is flooding social media and TV with ads for re-election, having 17x more in cash than Larry Grohn, according to a state filing. Here, he gives an […]
If localism shares religious ideals of economic nationalism, it is a dead-end
New apartments go up on the North Shore as long rise in credit spawns building boom in Chattanooga before a coming bust. (Photo David Tulis) A locally owned shop in Soddy-Daisy, the Green Pond grocery, sells fuel and snacks. (Photo David Tulis) Localism and lococentrism stray if they share the error of the builders of […]
State fills role as highwayman, but TN bill would restore safety
Drug task forces, sheriff’s and police departments in Tennessee have monopoly power on highway banditry, but a bill aims to stop it. (Cartoon NetRightDaily) Imagine for a moment you are driving down the highway on your way to purchase a car in a town half-way across the state. You are excited to pickup the slightly […]
Lawsuit vs. Gaddys costs Dunlap taxpayers $20,000
This dwelling is suspected by city officials as being a dangerous nuisance. (Photo Carol Gaddy) Attorney Stephen Greer has filled two large folders of work in the case file in his litigation against Thomas and Carol Gaddy. (Photo David Tulis) DUNLAP, Tenn. Taxpayers of a small town hounding two of its senior citizens in court […]
Grohn backs police eyeball-on-pole to snoop crime-prone areas
An emergency and surveillance center in Chicago. (Photo IBM) Mayoral candidate Larry Grohn voted on Tuesday to officially launched a program of mass surveillance by cameras by the executive branch of city government, led for now by Andy Berke. The city council, rejecting any hint that surveillance of the poor is part of a continuing […]
How fees, unequally applied, hurt city’s economic growth
Chris Long pauses with a campaign sign before a portrait of Martin Luther King. (Photo Facebook Chris Long) Every two to four years politicians at all levels of government come back to the community asking once again for your vote of support. Repeatedly plans for certain communities are dusted off and re-performed in community groups, […]
Gate, ‘private property’ sign thwart city ‘inspection’ of house
Attorney Stephen Greer of Dunlap, Tenn., stalks past the Thomas and Carol Gaddy gate, thwarting a planned “inspection“ of the house. Contract inspector Earl Geary is at right. (Photo David Tulis) This document says the city is illegally and unconstitutionally seeking to institute a search without a warrant. (Photo David Tulis) Stephen Greer, attorney, is […]