It seems only fitting there would be a residency dispute involving a candidate for the Democratic nomination for a state House in Hamilton County. Similar disputes have arisen at least once during in each of the past five decades.
In this case, the complaint is that Chattanooga Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod does not live within her city council district or even in the city. Although she claims to live in a house in her council district owned by another woman, she also owns a home in the Harrison area of unincorporated Hamilton County.
The city auditor has been asked to look into the case.
Coonrod is also running in the Aug. 1 state primary to unseat District 28 state Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, the same man she knocked off in the city council race in 2017. Both the home she claims to live in and the home she owns are in the 28th district.
Among those disputes in the last 50 years: