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August 31, 2007
Video: When Jenny Chased and Maced
In 1999, our office manager, Jennifer Crutchfield -- then a private investigator -- was eight months pregnant when she chased and maced a guy who broke into her car.
Here's the story NewsChannel 9 did about the incident:
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Friday Poll: Which Bad '70s Video is Worse. Or, well, better? Depending How You Look At It...
1. "Apache" by Tommy Seebach?
or...
2. "NMKY" -- Finnish "YMCA" cover by Gregorious?
Please vote in the comments below.
And have a nice weekend.
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August 30, 2007
Read Marti's Letter to Rusty
An anonymous source has sent to WGOW News Talk 102.3 a copy of a letter supposedly sent by City Councilwoman Marti Rutherford to Rusty Scott, the man whom she has said is the landlord of the residence she has on Alta Vista Drive.In the letter, dated March 5, 2005, Rutherford thanks Scott for his financial contribution.
“I do hope that you did not take any flack about me being your ‘tenant,’” Rutherford writes in the letter. Rutherford's attorney John Anderson has not returned a call seeking comment after The Pulse faxed him a copy of the letter.
See the letter here.
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August 28, 2007
Our Updated Marti Rutherford Update Has Been Updated Again
Visit our Web site for the latest developments concerning the residency dispute involving Chattanooga City Councilwoman Marti Rutherford.
UPDATE: The new twist? The SEIU.
The SEIU doesn't like the new city budget. Marti voted for it. The SEIU wants Marti gone.
MOST RECENT UPDATE: We have reprinted Marti's statement made at tonight's City Council meeting. Also, Manny Rico and Linda Bennett still don't where she lives.
Good times.
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More Marti Moves
A showdown over Marti Rutherford's residency is expected at tonight's City Council meeting.
In a related story from today's TFP:
City Councilman Jack Benson, chairman of the council's Legal and Legislative Committee, said the residency matter is "the business of the constituents (Ms. Rutherford) represents.""If they want to challenge the authenticity of her residence, they need to speak up to the City Council and the city attorney," he said.
Anybody going tonight?
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August 22, 2007
Marti Rutherford Confronted in Her Home -- Located in a District She Doesn't Represent -- by a WRCB News Crew, Tells News Crew to Meet Her at Her Lawyer's Office
Why is this happening? Read our story in today's issue.
Watch WRCB tonight for more...
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August 21, 2007
Littlefield "Open to the Idea" of Expanded Concessions at the Memorial and Tivoli
From today's TFP:
Mayor Ron Littlefield said he is "open" to considering a change in city policy that would allow food and drinks into the seating areas of the city-owned Memorial Auditorium and Tivoli Theatre."If it's going to be a workable policy, this would be the time to test it, not after we have gone in and reupholstered and recarpeted," he said. "I am open to the idea. That's not the same thing as supportive."
Mr. Littlefield, who traveled to Knoxville's Tennessee Theatre in May to study its general operations for comparison, said it is up to the Memorial and Tivoli advisory board to weigh in on the issue.
"I think we need to have them take a look" at it, Mr. Littlefield said. "They might want to do just as I did, to go up and look at the Tennessee Theater and perhaps some in Nashville and the Fox Theatre in Atlanta."
Thoughts?
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Dear Fox News, What's Up With Your Straw Poll Reporting?
What... the.. uh... ugh...?
(Via Britney's Gilbert's August 13 blog entry.)
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August 11, 2007
Recalling Some Facts
Here are some quick facts:
1. The SEIU contributed $11,500 to Ron Littlefield's mayoral campaign.
2. Chattanooga city employees were aware of the SEIU in the Summer of 2005.
3. Littlefield recognized the SEIU in an executive order on December 9, 2005.
4. Littlefield now says he cannot recall how he got involved with the SEIU despite the fact that he has "always been supported by organized labor."
Informal poll: Do you believe him?
Answer yes or no and tell us why in the comments below.
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August 08, 2007
Update: Video -- The Death of An Independent Journalist
UPDATE: 24 alt weeklies across the country are running this story.
Our cover story this week (written by John Ross) details the death of independent journalist Bradley Will. Below is a YouTube version of the video Will was shooting when he was killed.
There is also a related video on Esquire's site.
Here's a brief summary of our AAN-commissioned piece, written by the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond:
On Oct. 27, 2006, independent journalist Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca Mexico. He filmed his own murder; his camera was rolling when he was hit in the chest, and the footage clearly shows the Mexican police officers that fired the fatal shots.The two cops were arrested -- but then released from custody after a few days. They are back on the streets, and face no charges of any sort.
At a time when the numbers of murdered journalists is setting records, veteran Mexico correspondent and author John Ross asks: How did a child of privilege from a Chicago suburb become a symbol injustice in Mexico? What did he die for -- and why has nobody been held accountable? How did the cover up happen, what was the role of the US -- and what is the connection to the politics of oil privatization in Mexico?
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TFP Boomers Stories to Be Scaled Back
In case you missed Tom Griscom's column this past Sunday, the Times Free Press is scaling back the frequency of their boomers stories:
Frequency will be driven by good storytelling and not the push to have at least one story each day.
So, in conclusion, forcing your paper to do stories for reasons other than good storytelling leads to bad storytelling.
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