December 8, 2017
Rhea County: Bad law
Rhea County commission weighs ordinance to suppress, harass, regulate free market trades and businesses under police power. A meeting is set Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Rhea County …
Category: Local economy
December 6, 2017
Musician, hairdresser in Nashville sue to legalize home businesses
NASHVILLE, Dec. 5, 2017 — Today, the Beacon Center teamed up with the Institute for Justice to file a lawsuit on behalf of Nashville residents Lij Shaw and Pat …
December 5, 2017
Sharp raps TIF subsidy for local developer
Helen Burns Sharp is a model for other concerned localists in knocking commercial government in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. She offers list of criticisms for a F$5 million tax …
December 4, 2017
Authorities see policing limits as harassment of homeless adds to jail woes
Chattanooga appears to be more blessed compared to other cities as regards its homeless people as city government is nowhere near as punitive as other cities in police treatment …
November 23, 2017
Slaughter toll for babies at 151; still, God triples grace for city
Without doubt the influence of Christianity on Chattanooga makes it a remarkable city in which to live and prosper and raise one’s family. The influence of the Bible and …
November 22, 2017
66% inmates in jail unconvicted as system ignores ‘guilty mind’ rule for prosecutions
The refusal of the judicial industrial complex in Hamilton County to uphold Tennessee’s guilty intention (“premeditation”) law is filling the jail with people who are too poor to make …
November 15, 2017
‘Get the ‘F’ Out’ targets industrial waste in Hixson water supplies
Clean water activist Heath Marter plans to attend the Hixson Utility District board meeting Friday to suggest that the Tennessee code prohibits fluoridation because it poses a threat to …
November 15, 2017
DACA, immigrants & why we need more people here
The argument for local economy is inherently open and liberal in the sense that it desires to see no obstruction to the free movement of people from one place …