CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Tuesday, April 8, 2025 — Radio journalist David Tulis will ask a chancery court judge in Nashville to halt what he calls “the Eye of Sauron” program revoking tags of people too poor or unwilling to buy auto insurance.
Chancery court judge Anne Martin strides toward the doors of the Davidson County courts building in downtown Nashville. (Photo Anne Martin election campaign)
Judge Anne Martin will hear arguments Thursday at 11 a.m. in Davidson County chancery court, division 2, over his bid for an injunction against revenue commissioner David Gerregano and safety commissioner Jeff Long.
Tulis, of Eagle Radio Network in Chattanooga, says Long is not authorized to criminally charge motorists without insurance and that Gerregano is not authorized to revoke noncustomers of the insurance industry. A certification requirement in the Tennessee financial responsibility law of 1977 makes the law apply only to people on suspended licenses, he says.
“The people who are legally liable to have insurance,” Tulis says, “are those who got into trouble but get their privilege restored on condition of having insurance. And not just any insurance. They have to buy an extraordinary financial product called the ‘motor vehicle liability policy.’”
Tulis has been in litigation with the department of revenue to halt the program since July 2023. A U.S. district court magistrate in Nashville gave him a two week deadline to respond to her recommendation to judge Waverly Crenshaw that his suit against Gerregano in official and personal capacity be stayed until state proceedings are concluded.
“My investigation into this fraud could end in only one way,” Tulis said. “By my suing these people for their violation of law, their rogue program that generates 40,800 criminal convictions a year from among insurance non-customers — poor people, mostly. They opt to have food, buy gas and pay the rent. They can’t afford to have auto insurance, and you can bet these good, decent people are careful when they drive or travel. Last thing they need is an accident.”
Tulis describes his litigation work as a Christian rebuilding and reconciliation ministry seeking to aid the weak, poor and minorities.
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David runs a personal nonprofit fighting and mercy ministry. He thanks you for checks sent directly to c/o 10520 Brickhill Lane, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379. Also at GiveSendGo.
