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The Rants

C’MON MAN, was your life in danger? Did you have to shoot and kill that woman that was stealing your patrol car?

FACT: AMAZON will never collect sales tax; the issue is whether or not they will employ Tennesseans.

OK, SO REPUBLICANS want more freedom from government, so why take away freedoms for women, rights to join unions, rights to vote?

I DON’T KNOW how much big business paid for this session of the state Legislature but they got an excellent return on their investment.

WOULDN’T IT be nice if Soddy-Daisy seceded from Hamilton County? We wouldn’t have to put up with Fred Skillern and Rhonda Thurman any more!

THANKS TO THE County Commission for absolute proof that their level of discourse and problem-solving is one step above “goober.” If that.

THANKS FOR the protection during the power outage. Chattanooga police cars cruised the Brainerd area late into the night and very early in the mornings.

DRAGON BOAT event raises $100,000 for charity and 2,000 people attend. Newspaper printed one picture. Women of Distinction Luncheon gets a full page of pictures!

EMPLOYERS: Please be courteous and remove job posts immediately after you fill the position.

MAYBE WE should elect, not hire, our school superintendent.

FRED SKILLERN’S comment that he couldn’t “cook barbecue like them n——” is grammatically incorrect and morally reprehensible.