Rants
The latest Rants coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Rants, page 9
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US running Venezuela, sheriff’s campaign bauble and more rants
Israel runs Gaza. Russia runs Ukraine. USA runs Venezuela and China runs Taiwan?

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Shady’s situation shows officials’ hypocrisy and more rants
Imbalance of power. Officials have infinite time to drill down on CBL Northgate improvements and a cupcake store, but no solution for bar patrons' atrocious behavior adjacent to residences and place of worship.

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Trump’s behavior makes it hard to say anything positive and more rants
A recent post accused the TFP of bias against Trump. Trump's vindictive, mean-spirited and authoritarian behavior makes it hard to say anything positive.

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No data centers in Hamilton County, please, and more rants
The energy consumption by data centers is absolutely frightening. Please don't put one in our county.

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Gov. Lee, request children’s summer food aid and more rants
Wait! We’ve got almost $5 million to fix up a skatepark and another $5 million for this year’s stadium payments, but require a huge tax increase to pay fire and police! Chattanooga taxpayers should be furious.
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Times page disparages Christianity on Christmas and more rants
Unbelievable (but not unexpected) that the left side of the TFP editorials publishes hate against Christianity and Christians on Christmas.

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City gets ‘Grinch’ award for ending Orange Grove agreement and more rants
The 2025 Christmas Grinch Award goes to the City of Chattanooga for ending the agreement with Orange Grove and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A PR disaster!
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‘Bakery bullies,’ Frazier Ave. ‘mess’ and more rants
TFP, please update stated core values for 2025-2026 and on, and please perform.

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Marty Haynes’s mistake, public defender for arrested wrecker and more rants
Maybe Hamilton County Assessor of Property Marty Haynes should spend less time posing for Facebook pictures and more time checking property assessments for inaccuracies. I'll bet the folks in Red Bank agree.

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‘City, county, stop with these TIFs’ and more rants
CBL can improve Northgate, up the value and sell it. Otherwise, you're diverting tax revenue meant for public purposes.
