One would think that rather than raise a ruckus over homeless people being housed on Chattanooga's tax dime and the pandemic's "American Rescue Plan" in an East Ridge hotel, that East Ridge representatives like County Commissioner Tim Boyd would be all about lining up some charity - specifically some health assistance to give the homeless hotel tenants COVID-19 vaccinations.
It's been said and re-said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
In government, at least, things move slowly in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Georgia's new Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in his first Senate floor speech last week wasted little time with hellos or introductions.
Here's a hypothetical question: Suppose Congress, in it's new $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus law known as the American Rescue Plan, included a $350 billion pot of money to help cash-strapped cities, counties and states pay for pandemic costs. And suppose congressional lawmakers added a provision restricting states from using these funds in other ways - like tapping them to finance local tax cuts.
Georgia's Cherokee County Sheriff's Department Capt. Jay Baker had a bad day Thursday.
Where is responsibility from Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee?
Since when do we need a law allowing teachers remove disruptive students from a classroom?
In government, leadership - and its support - matters.
Ten years ago this week, the world watched in horror as a nuclear plant with multiple reactors in Fukushima, Japan, melted down on live TV day after day after day - the aftermath of a natural disaster in the form of a March 11, 2011, earthquake and its ensuing tsunami.
