@timbo said... Aren't those free loader birds? The most common bird in the country. Which one is Bennett? alprova, potcat, dude_abides, etc.... I wonder if they all are in the 50% that don't pay taxes.

Being the good Christian you conservatives claim to be shouldn't you have been getting ready for Sunday school instead of on here spewing your UN-Christian hatred @ 9a.m. on a Sunday morning? just sayin'....

So are they saying that 40% of Americans now openly admit they're racist, intolerant bigots? That's what the term conservative has come to by synonymous with.

Where were these polls taken? How many responded? 10? 100? If four out of 10 people respond "yeah! I'm a conservative" don't you know the poll takers will say that was 40%? LOL

@sage1, it really won't matter if Mr. Reid was going by the rules and terms of a church, will it? And I too can see the acts of a few in their attempt to bring down Tim Reid possibly opening up problems for other churches in the area. That's how the government works. when you call in for one individual to be investigated, they're not just going to waste their time on that one individual. They're going to see just how many others they can lasso in to make it worth their time.

adding to digging holes. Don't just stop at digging one or two holes, dig lots and lots of them, and include one for yourself.

@duckhunter. Huh? Can you run that one by us again? What do drug testing, section 8 housing and gangs have to do with one another? No one knows for sure where these individuals live. What excuse would you use if it's found that most involved own their own homes? Are not on section 8 and are not drug addicts? What if Weary made that story up about having a gun pointed at him to justify firing his service weapon into a crowd? Was Weary in uniform since he was moonlighting at the club? Was he wearing any type of clothing or markings where he could be distinguished from just another citizen (or gangbanger as you all like to lable every situation involving inner city youth) patronizing the club?

It is quite odd, that all these trouble spots were target for genrification over decade ago to make way for higher tax paying Chattanoogans, but the people weren't moving out fast enough so more drastic actions needed to be taken.

We should have known it would not take long for the I hate Mayor Littlefield haters to come out of hiding.

taking expensive trips to Europe,

You consider $6000 to Europe an expensive trip? You guys have no doubt spent 1000x that amount trying to get rid of the mayor. Now, you're pis*sded that he just then tuck and just crawl away.

@Martinez and Seagrove claim Avery harassed them on five or six occasions from April 2010 until November 2011 when the couple moved out of East Lake Courts. Seagrove said Avery stopped the couple while they were driving and claimed it was in retaliation to complaints they had made about him to CHA officials.

She also said he stopped her without reason when she was driving alone, then slammed her driver's license on her car's dashboard so hard the dashboard cracked.

"I've never had somebody do something like that to me," Seagrove said. "I just froze. I started crying. I was just so upset because I had not experienced that before."

All of the above has a familiar ring to it. Such accusations and encounters between CHA cops and tenants are not new and similar ones have been stated by tenants in the past who do not know one another. They couldn't all be lying.

Dear, physics has nothing to do with cracking a dashboard {reminder: she said crack and not broke as in the term you used} in this situation. The fact remains, that it is possible to crack a dashboard by reaching into a car and slamming down with force upon it.

It is quite simple and logic. Nothing more, nothing new, nothing less.

"two year old" is not name calling." But such an accusation coming from someone who uses the word liberal* like it's a four-lettered word I guess we can't expect any better.

Watch that hate, before it eats you up inside.

payingattention said... Amesti...It was obvious you were somehow a little too vested. Your connection to tenants is finally acknowledged.

That's nothing to hide. I know people from all walks of life. Some who even sleep under bridges. Unlike you, I don't cast stones and I don't judge people by the fact that they are less fortunate than me. I don't know the individuals mentioned in this article who are complaining. I've never met them. However, there is a pattern in what they are saying about housing authority police. I've heard it before from other tenants in the past. There is a pattern of abuse of power here, and it should have been dealt with a long time ago.

MasterChefLen said... If the people in the public housing (aka PAID FOR BY THE WORKING TAXPAYERS) that signed the petition put as much effort into working for money (as opposed to expecting others to support them) they probably would not be living in public housing.

That's another myth chen. The vast majority of individuals living in public housing do work and pay taxes. Their incomes are just below the poverty level. They work 8+ hour shifts just like the rest of us. You'd might be surprised to learn that neighbor you're living next door to in a fine upscale neighborhood rent is being subsidized by the government, and is paying less rent than someone living in public housing. So don't cast stones.

payingattention said... Amesti...It was obvious you were somehow a little to vested. Your connection to tenants is finally acknowledged. The names of other officers, you already knew, and did not research. You already knew through association.

So now, that the story of the cracked dashboard does not physically jive, you are accusing this officer of using steroids.

Maybe you, payingattention, need to have your meds increased. You're starting to rambling and sound incoherent.

What other officers? With the exception of one, the officers name were mentioned in the article.

Where did I personally accuse this officer of taking steroids? I was using possible scenario, and it was said with jest and sarcasm. Overall, it is not at all a difficult task to crack a dashboard. You have to take into consideration the make and model of the car and the material the dashboard was made of. dah. Physics has nothing to do with it. Common sense has everything to do with it. It is not at all difficult for a dashboard to crack if something is slammed down on it with force. With you and your smart{sarcasm} crowd, it's like trying to reason and show common sense to a room filled two year old. No offense to two year olds. Wow!