There has been pervasive violations of bid law with extensive proof. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is a joke, and knows all about city malfeasance and has failed miserable in protecting the public. Harry Austin you are an enabler of malfeasance in local gov, and you follow whatever the power structure wants, and are not credible. TFP omission of facts is the same as blatant lying.
As a consumer of news, I view the depth and detail of TV Channel 3 news pieces as the best due to substantive and original content. I am simply amazed at the level of talent at Channel 3, they seem to have less resources, but produce a much superior evening news hour. Channel 3 will also research or investigate, where the competitors seem to parrot other sources.
Significant costs and factors have been omitted from your calculations. You omitted the maintenance requirements for this intensive green roof. Are you assuming that this sod will not require soil replacement for 50 years, and that the "green" roof will not require irrigation and watering during our July/August temperatures? In fact, there is not an allowance for the maintenance demands for sod, or the soils, or the irrigation systems.
As a long-term NPDES stormwater professional, I appreciate viable water quality measures that have a reasonable cost/benefit return. The Green Roof, like the Blue Rhino fail to meet reasonable benchmarks.
The maintenance expenditures for the Outdoor Chattanooga roof should have been examined.
More women graduate from 4-year universities, earn graduate degrees than men, and are the deciding factor on how household money is spent. As a general rule, I am more intelligent that the majority of men, so I do not feel victim to any male notions of taking benefits away. The GOP is not after women, if they are we will out lobby them. They will never get a bill passed.
Oppose giving our taxpayer dollars to any business entity in secret. Spending our tax dollars is our business. To conduct that business in secret a precursor to abuse with public money. Great work Ron Ramsey.
You are having moments of clarity on the issue of appointments. Your Dem leanings are usually way far in left field, or dinner and a date with the power structure of Chattanooga.
In the case of appointments, you are right on target. When an official cannot complete a term, for health reasons, or indicted, ie TN Waltz, Sheriff...whatever, the protocol should be a caretaker appointment, who agrees not to seek the office, and not to endorse. The person appointed to a vacated seat leverages an incumbency advantage, absent of the will of the people, called voters. Regardless of political beliefs, the process of filling a vacated elected office must have more of the will of the voters, than a few votes of elected officials.
In most cases, the popular vote, and the appointment vote have absolutely no relationship. Let the voters decide.
BTW, you are past due in writing another editorial about Andy Berke, it has been 6 days.
BTW Who appoints School Board member Everett Fairchilds vacated seat, the school board or commission?
The school board appointment needs to include the will of the people or voters, since the term does not end until 2014. The last election when Mr. Fairchild prevailed or was reelected, there were other contenders. Marty Haynes was 2nd and Ken Smith was 3rd. Who ever appoints that seat needs to appoint either Marty Haynes or Ken Smith. That was the will of the people, called voters.
We are so close to the August election, granting a quasi incumbency advantage is simply wrong. A caretaker appointment would have been more appropriate.
The Editor is correct on on point, as it pains me to write. Just because Mr. Norton has prevailed on an appointed vote, does not mean he will prevail on a popular vote. I understand Mr. Norton is a fine person and largely popular in Soddy Daisy.
It is also my understanding that Mr. Norton was the Soddy Daisy pick for Commissioner Skillern's lobby. The Soddy Daisy group does not represent the full Hamilton County wide demographic. I think that Mr. Norton is going to see an entirely different outcome in a popular vote election vs. the Commission appointed vote, even with his new incumbency advantage.
Rhimanard. 2 generations of my family attended Normal Park elementary, and the former Northside Jr. High. At one point, over the years our zoning was changed to Riverview Elementry which was fine with us, even though we live 1 mile from Normal Park. The reality is each school has a capacity. I note with interest the Hill City group is not complaining about CCA 6-12 program, which is a high school that is also in our backyard that my own cannot attend because he is not inclined to act or paint art. Admission preference is given to the families in the art nonprofit sector.
Our neighborhood group spend years objecting to the failing and dangerous Chattanooga Middle. I lived a mile from the former Chattanooga Middle School for 15 years, and was zoned for the lowest performing and dangerous middle school in Hamilton County according to the state report cards. In my opinion, Chattanooga Middle was a deplorable school with padlocks and fencing at the tops of the each stairwell, a prison atmosphere, with teachers and students that accepted mediocrity as a school culture. My son attended Normal Park with the existing group of students from Chattanooga Middle due to age. I know for a fact that all the existing students were offered continued placement at Normal Park, because my son was in the existing class. I was there, so for you to deem me as not aware is commical. Normal Park has not turned these students away. I know Jill Levine to be an ethical and extraordinarily hard working person. It seems that nothing will satisfy Hill City. They have given preference and are not turning Hill City children away.
Time for Chattanooga mayor recallers to quit
There has been pervasive violations of bid law with extensive proof. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is a joke, and knows all about city malfeasance and has failed miserable in protecting the public. Harry Austin you are an enabler of malfeasance in local gov, and you follow whatever the power structure wants, and are not credible. TFP omission of facts is the same as blatant lying.
http://littlechicagowatch.com/2012/02/bid-law-violated-in-high-place/
http://littlechicagowatch.com/2012/02/land-transaction/
http://littlechicagowatch.com/2012/02/littlefield-recall-foul-taxpayer-staff-equipment-and-resources/
Gerber: Accusations swirl after story about meteorologist
As a consumer of news, I view the depth and detail of TV Channel 3 news pieces as the best due to substantive and original content. I am simply amazed at the level of talent at Channel 3, they seem to have less resources, but produce a much superior evening news hour. Channel 3 will also research or investigate, where the competitors seem to parrot other sources.
Steps beyond green roofs
Significant costs and factors have been omitted from your calculations. You omitted the maintenance requirements for this intensive green roof. Are you assuming that this sod will not require soil replacement for 50 years, and that the "green" roof will not require irrigation and watering during our July/August temperatures? In fact, there is not an allowance for the maintenance demands for sod, or the soils, or the irrigation systems.
As a long-term NPDES stormwater professional, I appreciate viable water quality measures that have a reasonable cost/benefit return. The Green Roof, like the Blue Rhino fail to meet reasonable benchmarks.
The maintenance expenditures for the Outdoor Chattanooga roof should have been examined.
Trampling free speech
Joneses, you are smart.
The GOP war on women
More women graduate from 4-year universities, earn graduate degrees than men, and are the deciding factor on how household money is spent. As a general rule, I am more intelligent that the majority of men, so I do not feel victim to any male notions of taking benefits away. The GOP is not after women, if they are we will out lobby them. They will never get a bill passed.
Guard taxpayers’ cash
Oppose giving our taxpayer dollars to any business entity in secret. Spending our tax dollars is our business. To conduct that business in secret a precursor to abuse with public money. Great work Ron Ramsey.
Hamilton County school zoning changes are a public process, this time
Mr. Editor,
You are having moments of clarity on the issue of appointments. Your Dem leanings are usually way far in left field, or dinner and a date with the power structure of Chattanooga.
In the case of appointments, you are right on target. When an official cannot complete a term, for health reasons, or indicted, ie TN Waltz, Sheriff...whatever, the protocol should be a caretaker appointment, who agrees not to seek the office, and not to endorse. The person appointed to a vacated seat leverages an incumbency advantage, absent of the will of the people, called voters. Regardless of political beliefs, the process of filling a vacated elected office must have more of the will of the voters, than a few votes of elected officials.
In most cases, the popular vote, and the appointment vote have absolutely no relationship. Let the voters decide.
BTW, you are past due in writing another editorial about Andy Berke, it has been 6 days.
April
Good judge, bad process
BTW Who appoints School Board member Everett Fairchilds vacated seat, the school board or commission?
The school board appointment needs to include the will of the people or voters, since the term does not end until 2014. The last election when Mr. Fairchild prevailed or was reelected, there were other contenders. Marty Haynes was 2nd and Ken Smith was 3rd. Who ever appoints that seat needs to appoint either Marty Haynes or Ken Smith. That was the will of the people, called voters.
Good judge, bad process
We are so close to the August election, granting a quasi incumbency advantage is simply wrong. A caretaker appointment would have been more appropriate.
The Editor is correct on on point, as it pains me to write. Just because Mr. Norton has prevailed on an appointed vote, does not mean he will prevail on a popular vote. I understand Mr. Norton is a fine person and largely popular in Soddy Daisy.
It is also my understanding that Mr. Norton was the Soddy Daisy pick for Commissioner Skillern's lobby. The Soddy Daisy group does not represent the full Hamilton County wide demographic. I think that Mr. Norton is going to see an entirely different outcome in a popular vote election vs. the Commission appointed vote, even with his new incumbency advantage.
School zones: Divisive issue
Rhimanard. 2 generations of my family attended Normal Park elementary, and the former Northside Jr. High. At one point, over the years our zoning was changed to Riverview Elementry which was fine with us, even though we live 1 mile from Normal Park. The reality is each school has a capacity. I note with interest the Hill City group is not complaining about CCA 6-12 program, which is a high school that is also in our backyard that my own cannot attend because he is not inclined to act or paint art. Admission preference is given to the families in the art nonprofit sector.
Our neighborhood group spend years objecting to the failing and dangerous Chattanooga Middle. I lived a mile from the former Chattanooga Middle School for 15 years, and was zoned for the lowest performing and dangerous middle school in Hamilton County according to the state report cards. In my opinion, Chattanooga Middle was a deplorable school with padlocks and fencing at the tops of the each stairwell, a prison atmosphere, with teachers and students that accepted mediocrity as a school culture. My son attended Normal Park with the existing group of students from Chattanooga Middle due to age. I know for a fact that all the existing students were offered continued placement at Normal Park, because my son was in the existing class. I was there, so for you to deem me as not aware is commical. Normal Park has not turned these students away. I know Jill Levine to be an ethical and extraordinarily hard working person. It seems that nothing will satisfy Hill City. They have given preference and are not turning Hill City children away.
So, now you object to new development?