Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Let the blame games begin for our Christmas rolling power blackouts
Don't let TVA or anyone else tell you that our rolling blackouts over Christmas weekend were cause to believe we rely too little (or might more so) on fossil fuels.
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Opinion: The Christmas season’s messages are divine; the rest is up to us
One of the greatest gifts of Christmas is the place we make in all of our hearts to celebrate the joys of the season together.
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Opinion: Kudos and a lump of coal for our Hamilton County commissioners, Congress reps
Good response, commissioners
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Opinion: Profiles in criminal reform courage — Bill Lee vs. Coty Wamp
This week we watched two elected Republicans in action as it relates to crimes and sentencing -- or at least crimes and adjudication.
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Opinion: Make giving merry with your heart and your head
My family used to make fun of me because I'd start thinking of Christmas crafts and gifts I wanted to make for people in July. And I'd seriously get started on the tasks.
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Opinion: Children’s Services crisis can’t wait. Do something now, Gov. Lee
Sad to say, no one should be surprised that Tennessee's Department of Children's Services is in shambles. Not just disarray. Not just poorly managed. In shambles. Again.
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Opinion: Mayor Wamp is right that Chattanooga needs a big new downtown vocational/technical high school
We've heard it before and we'll likely hear it many more times: Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp say's he'll keep pushing in this coming year to build a vocational and technical high school in downtown Chattanooga where a new high school hasn't been built in more than 60 years.
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Opinion: Chattanooga, Hamilton County proffer Christmas ‘peace of mind’ to Budgetel families
Finally — finally — the Hamilton County Commission put aside most of its acrimonious pandering and voted unanimously Wednesday to put $50,000 toward helping rehouse the families put out on the street just before Thanksgiving when the Budgetel in East Ridge was closed by court order.
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Opinion: Will irrational fear be barrier to homeless and affordable housing?
With the increasingly depressing news of late about homelessness, and with too few local officials — except for Chattanooga city leaders — interested even in discussing it except to say "no" to affordable housing in their neighborhoods, a Sunday Page 1 story in the Chattanooga Times Free Press offered hope.
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Opinion: Hamilton panel turns deaf ear to homeless help plea
The plea was straightforward. And Jon Berestecky with the Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition got right to the point as he addressed the Hamilton County Commission last Wednesday.
