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Opinion: Kelly, quick to shoot down eliminating curbside recycling, should offer update on city’s efforts
The rejoinder from Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly earlier this week came as if shot out of a cannon — no, to eliminating the city's curbside recycling service.
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Opinion: Blizzard of declassified documents may have you in an information overload
With the blizzard of declassified documents coming out of Washington, if you weren't paying attention, you might be tempted to conclude that financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was killed because he had information on the hoax attempting to tie Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential campaign to Russia, which had ordered the 1963 death of President John F. Kennedy, who had given the order that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. be killed five years hence because he had damning information on the Clintons.
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Opinion: Jones-Jennings may have found Eastdale’s sweet spot in helping alleviate affordable housing gaps
Rashad Jones-Jennings can't solve Chattanooga's affordable housing problem by himself, but the plans he has can take a bite out of it.
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Opinion: Blackburn decision whether to run for governor still freezing race
Eight years ago today, the field was practically set for the open seat in the 2018 Tennessee governor's race.
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Opinion: Weekend Dialogue — The Knowles know fires
Terry Knowles is at least the second person with his surname to serve as Chattanooga's fire chief in recent years.
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Opinion: Chattanooga City Council will get final say on worst-kept secret — a possible property tax hike
The worst kept secret in Chattanooga government was revealed in a round-about way Tuesday — the city set the table for a property tax hike to pay for raises for first responders and whatever else it may need.
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Opinion: Ten years later, how we can continue to honor the ‘Fallen Five’ in our lives
It was sunny and hot, typically of most July days in Chattanooga, only a terrorist was on the loose.
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Opinion: With power demands, permitting process for TVA small nuclear reactors looks to be just in time
Ten years ago this month, Tennessee Valley Authority officials projected electricity demand would grow at the slowest rate in TVA history over the next two decades.
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Opinion: IRS opens dangerous door by permitting campaign endorsements within churches
We'll admit the Internal Revenue Service rule about politicking in houses of worship has been lightly enforced, but we're afraid the tantamount endorsement of pulpit politicking by the IRS Monday will open an ugly closet door that never may be shut again.
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Opinion: Weekend Dialogue — City erred in violating open-meeting laws and in shooting the messenger
"When I tell you this is the most kosher thing that's ever happened," the late Chattanooga Councilwoman Carol Berz said of the city's redistricting process following the 2020 census, "it is."