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Posted on January 25 at 8:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Historically, how did local taxpayers get suckered into funding carved out pools of money controlled by individual commissioners? They are labeled "discretionary funds", "travel funds", and "capital outlay funds" in the TFP article, but based on individual commissioners' comments, this money appears misnamed: looks like SLUSH FUNDS to me....
On Hamilton County: Commissioners avoid shifting discretionary money
Posted on October 26 at noon (Suggest removal)
The printing vendor was unnamed in this piece: any reason for annonymity?
On Chattanooga: $32,000 report with pop-ups generate criticism of EPB
Posted on October 25 at 8:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Based on local HS completion rates alone, it would be very surprising if German families moving to the region for VW or VW related jobs sent their children to public schools.
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Posted on October 13 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The article does not mention the additional costs to the school system that translators have presented since 2000; is there a reason that cost information was omitted?
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Posted on August 17 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I read this story online.
Shouldn't Ms. Trevizo's piece advocating special sympathy for illegal aliens be placed on the editorial pages of the paper? Is the journalist aware that thousands of American citizens arrested for breaking the law also often have family problems as well?
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Posted on May 17 at 9:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's interesting that media commentators consistently ignore the City's glaring hypocrisy on urban sprawl -- on the one hand, no one chastises the City for sprawling as fast as they can away from its core by annexing outlying property, but on the other hand, the "Green Team" (a defacto arm of the City) hectors individuals who choose the same thing for themselves, their businesses and their families.
On Annexing land may change Chattanooga's face