With respect to the two people in Hamilton County currently serving on the Hamilton County Commission and on elected boards of local municipalities, we hope a bill currently moving through the Tennessee General Assembly that would prohibit anyone from serving on both county and municipal government boards eventually will become law.
Inflation taketh away, but it also can giveth.
If someone had asked us, we would have told them we think 40 people are too many for a governing body.
Every Instagram user should have supportive friends like state Sen. Randy McNally, Tennessee's lieutenant governor. But today not everybody is viewing that support in the same way.
In the era before a particular presidential candidate named Donald Trump, Republicans often had a difficult time sticking up for themselves.
Future President Jimmy Carter, in frequent visits to North Georgia in two campaigns for governor in 1966 and 1970, offered Chattanooga area residents glimpses into what his presidential campaigns, his presidency and his post-presidency might be like.
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The late, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh used to frequently invoke the term "words mean things" when he cited hypocritical, hyperbolic or hysterical comments from politicians.
We remember some years ago someone sharing with us a newsletter by Scott Adams, the creator of the "Dilbert" cartoon strip.
It probably shouldn't surprise us by now, but it seems no good deed goes unpunished when it comes to improving public education.
