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4 Members Show Up At The Courthouse At First "Hybrid" Session Of The County Commission Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Four members of the County Commission showed up Wednesday at the County Courthouse for the first "hybrid" meeting of the commission. Chairman Chip Baker was there along with Commissioners David Sharpe, Katherlyn Geter and Greg.           The group has been meeting online from their homes or offices in recent months due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  March 22, 2021 March 21, 2...

Only the Strong Will Survive? American Echoes of a Dark Past | Opinion Ryan Skinnell , associate professor of rhetoric, San José State University On 3/16/21 at 1:30 PM EDT As Americans continue to take stock of the climate tragedy and its brutal aftermath, its crucial to shine a spotlight on the alarming ideologies that fueled this twin crisis in Texas and how it can happen again. On February 16, as millions of Texans entered into a second day of freezing temperatures, power...

Former Californians who moved because of lower real estate and energy prices suddenly learned why their big new homes cost so little.

Aside from human responsibility, I think our solidarity with Texas comes from shared experience. Anyone who’s questioning reasons to support a state whose leaders mocked us should remember similar struggles with PG&E and the wildfires.  The emergency in Texas isn’t over yet. Even though power is back on, damage remains. Reports of COVID-19 cases and...

Helga Zepp-LaRouche I want to greet you wherever you may be—all over the world, I hope. I want to discuss with you the possible organizing perspective for this coming period. As you have noticed—one could not help but notice it—two extremely opposite developments were happening in the last week: The first, absolutely horrible and a foreboding of the potential coming disaster, in the form of the inability of Texas and some other U.S. states to respond to extremely cold weather, coming from...

To the editor: As millions of people were shivering in the dark after an Arctic blast knocked out much of the Lone Star State’s power system, Mayor Tim Boyd of Colorado City had choice words for his fellow Texans. “No one owes you or your family anything. … I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout. … Think outside the box to survive.” Individuals who camped out in their frigid homes waiting for help were “lazy.” For Boyd, the big freeze was survival of the fitt...

County Commissioners Approve Tax Break For CNE Affordable Housing Project In Highland Park Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus The Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday voted 8-1 to approve a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) tax break on a Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprises project in Highland Park. CNE plans to invest $5.4 million in the 47-unit Mai Bell II at 1715 Union Ave. It will include six buildings. Under the 10-year PILOT, the school taxes would continue to be paid as...

County Commission Debates Tax Break For New Highland Park Affordable Housing Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The County Commission on Wednesday discussed a PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) tax abatement for the 47-unit Mai Bell II at 1715 Union Ave. The vote will be next Wednesday. Commissioner Tim Boyd said the county cannot continue to give developers PILOTs with a possible property tax increase looming. He said, "Im looking at the aggregate amount of tax breaks that this commission has ap...

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Texas has just shown the rest of the nation why “going it alone” may not be good policy (especially under mismanagement). Their leaders pride themselves in their “free of federal