Jim Coppinger the mayor is mimicking Gov. Bill Lee’s courageous but unpopular style of governing by edict, without the trouble of an actual law. By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 FM Mr. Coppinger is ignoring lawful authority in the Tennessee health law which contains powers to quarantine any place or person and to shut any establishment that a “health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health.” Instead, Gov. Lee’s method of using presumptive executive orders is the habit in Hamilton County.  Mayor Coppinger, through the proxy of health department chief Dr. … Continue reading Mayors impose ‘directives,’ but have authority only for ‘orders,’ ‘injunctions’ after notice, hearing