Chattanooga City Council Finds Input From Public Budget Meetings To Be Skewed
City Council Members Felt That Public Input Findings Were Skewed and Not Representative Of Their Individual Districts.
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Carol Berz
Council Determines Panhandling, Littering Problems Caused By Lack of Enforcement, Implementation Of Ordinances
A Chattanooga City Council meeting uncovered that the problem with litter is not about the City’s litter policy itself. It’s about policy enforcement, the implementation of ordinances and the coronavirus.
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Is The Lack Of Affordable Housing In Chattanooga The Primary Driver For Homelessness?
“The common denominator with this issue that we are faced with is the monopolization of the rental market in Chattanooga by Property Management companies, LLCs and the demanding requirements that low-income individuals cannot meet.”
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Chattanoogans Fearful To Speak Out Against City’s Discriminatory Hiring Plan
New Plan has goal of awarding more City business based upon the race or gender of the business owner. Many local contractors feel that using race and gender as a determining factor for hiring is the very definition of racism and/or sexism.
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City Council: Emergency Funds, Budgets, Salaries & Resident’s Questions
Coverage of the Chattanooga City Council Meeting from Tuesday, Nov.10.
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City Council Tackles Panhandling And Littering
Spurred on by outcries from constituents, the City Council discussed the growing problem of Panhandling and Littering during their Strategic Planning meeting on Tuesday the 3rd.
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Panhandling Problem Plagues Chattanooga Streets
Once called “the dirtiest city in America” by Walter Cronkite, Chattanooga earned the nickname “Scenic City” after turnaround projects beginning in the early 2000s. However, many home and business owners feel that Chattanooga is on the downslide due to increased littering, panhandling and homelessness.
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