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Roy Exum: The Best Response In The United States In Just Six Days! Thursday, January 7, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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It has been less than one week since Hamilton County gave the first dose of the COVID vaccine and it has been less than one week since Hamilton County was given the greatest jolt of reality that any of us anywhere in the United States could ever imagine. Nobody was ready for the magnitude of what was going to happen and the very first thing you need to know is that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has just ranked Tennessee as No. 3 in the country on the list of states vaccinating the fastest.
City Council Approves $800,000 Of COVID Funds For Needy Agencies Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve the first reading of an ordinance that will appropriate $800,000 to several organizations.
Getting the funding will be the Tivoli Theatre $225,000, the Forgotten Child Fund $75,000, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center $40,000, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga for eviction relief $60,000, COVID contingency fund $100,000 and the Small Business Relief Fund $300,000.
It had been proposed by the administration that $160,000 go to United Way, but that money went instead to the eviction relief and the COVID contingency.
Earlier that afternoon, the Council decided the money granted by this ordinance was needed as quickly as possible. However, city attorney Phil Noblett said an ordinance cannot be passed on two readings on the same day.