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Re: A Brief Announcement

Kordax — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:21 -0000

I'd like to see some of the low-brow, vulgarian streaks sanitized: from what I know of the readership & posters, this site holds a lot of promise when it comes to attracting posted thoughts & reactions from educated Chattanoogans....

Re: Third District Candidates React to President Obama’s Healthcare Speech

Kordax — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:51:24 -0000

I'm voting for Robin & giving her campaign $$$ as well -- excellent response ....

Re: Inspired Women, Accessible Fine Art: Q&A on Our Clothesline Art Show

Kordax — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:35:01 -0000

Shouldn't this event be restricted to female-only attendees?

Re: Allied Arts Lobbies City Council to Reinstate Funding

Kordax — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:05:56 -0000

If the City Council responds the wrong way to arts-related pressure group tactics by re-instating funding, I hope every police officer in town ignores crime occurrences in the offending council members' neighborhoods.... If arts funding ends up trumping police pay & benefits this budget session in Chattanooga, TN, it’s time for police to make a dramatic point & what better way to make it than by bringing things home to offending council members?

Re: Chloe Wright: Seeing Main Street

Kordax — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:07 -0000

Chloe, I wonder if you observed any backyard vegetable gardens planted in old garden space plots? Years ago (@ 30), backyards that couldn't be easily seen on & near Main St from a passing car sported collard green gardens, chicken coops, stands of corn, tomatoes, lettuce, turnip greens and other vegetable grown by urban people with country roots.

Re: City to Build $450,000 Water Attraction at Warner Park

Kordax — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:08:17 -0000

"The Chattanooga City Council approved a $450,000 water spraypark and filtration system for Warner Park during Tuesday’s meeting."

Anyone have suggestions for the obligatory "spraypark" rulz to be posted (in both English & Spanish) near the entrance once this critically needed project is opened to the public?

Here are a few of mine:

1. No solid red or blue bathing suits allowed; diversity of color & patterns encouraged.
2. In the interest of encouraging local commerce, weapons purchased outside of the city limits not allowed within the spraypark.
3. Volume restrictions for radios, boom boxes & all music players should be limited to 100 decibels or less; exceptions allowed depending on musical selections.
4. Prostitution prohibited on a case by case basis.
5. Gang confrontations, fights, and shooting strictly prohibited outside of the non-moderated designated gang congregational areas.

Re: Visualized: Will Work for Food

Kordax — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:35:18 -0000

Based on the price of a slice of Pizza, Chattanooga men earn @ $41,6K & Chattanooga women earn @ $23,7K.

What's wrong with this? Seems about right ....

Re: NPR Examines the ‘Underbelly’ of Main Street

Kordax — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:44:57 -0000

Over the years, the City has grabbed unincorporated territory like Tiftonia, Hixson, stretches along Hwy 58, many parts of East Brainerd & others. Citizens living in those areas eventually received garbage & brush service, sewers, fire & police protection but their City tax bills were immediate & everlasting.

The Main Street area, like so many other fair-haired parts of the core city has been the beneficiary of numerous City orchestrated improvement & additions. Sidewalks – many neighborhoods within the City have -0-. Street lights – ditto. Storefront improvement grants like the Urban Renewal, UDAG or the Model Cities programs – does anyone know how much federal grant money was spent on/near Main Street long before this most recent round of gentrification began? Over the years, MLK merchants & property owners received money from scores of grants the ultimate success of which resulted in most buildings along MLK being torn down. And remember that stroke of genius project where Market St was torn the hell up for month & months just to place some “traffic calming” curves in the roadway between MLK & 7th St? The City claimed it was a vital necessity because more people would subsequently shop at downtown shops if we slowed traffic down with the curves – most of the retail & storefront businesses fled the City for more desirable locations once they realized that the curve plan was a sham. Two-way conversions along McCallie & MLK/Bailey were described as forthcoming “economic miracles” by City leaders; looks like it will be a miracle if the taxes generated by businesses along these streets ever approximates 1970 levels.

The point is that the City has a losing history of bigfooting faddish projects into existence downtown at the same time that outlying neighborhoods where most people live within the City get fire, police, sewage & garbage. It’s time to reject city-inspired core city favoritism & the millions of dollars disproportionately spent within a few zip codes; it’s time for the city to recognize that resources should follow the people rather trying to manipulate people into living in their preselected tiny sections of the core city….

Re: Jesse Jackson To Visit Chattanooga Wednesday

Kordax — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:37:49 -0000

A billion dollar (plus) startup ....

Hiring hundreds/thousands of people ....

HR pros automatically conforming to EEOC rules & regs throughout the new employee hiring/selection process ....

-0- race-based complaints to date ....

Enter JJ -- he'll chronicle a fictitious parade of local overt racism, local defacto racism, local future racism, local environmental racism, local edu-racism -- after he's through, you'll be wondering if we're living in South Africa of the 1960's rather than Chattanooga, TN, in 2009 ....