It's not quite that bad in 'Nooga - yet. But with a RINO tax-and-spend Mayor (Littlefield) who's largest campaign contributor was SEIU, things can only get worse. This guy's a wannabe Daley, trying his best to turn Chattanooga into Chicago. He's continued to claim that there is no gang violence in Chattanooga despite the gang-related activity that continues to occur within the city's limits.
Fortunately for the residents, he's about to be unemployed due to term limits. He wouldn't be re-elected anyway, after his annexing frenzy and the enormous property tax increase that he pushed through city council. His political career is over, and we regional folks will make sure of that by keeping his reputation where it belongs.
Official numbers - the last statistics I found on a quick search showed 20 murders in 2008. I have no idea how many were gun-related, and I know that there are shootings that aren't murders (victim doesn't die, self-defense, etc.). The city has its issues, and if the government doesn't start doing its proper duty, it'll become much worse. They're going to chase all the responsible people out of the city limits, just as Cleveland, Ohio did back in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's.
I live on a dirt street that we’re trying to have declared abandoned by the county. There is only one other house on it and that one sits empty at the end of the road all winter. There are 4 other properties that but up to it but I’m the sole consistent user. I’ve only seen the county plow it once and then they go stuck in the neighbor’s brand new drainfield.
Its amazing how tightly the county clings to that strip of parallel tire tracks. Those responsibility free tax dollars are apparently enough to break them.
Just shootings, not necessarily murders. There was one they were talking about on the radio yesterday where a few black males approached some guy asking for change for a $20. He took out his wallet, they held him up and shot him in the leg. I’ve been hearing a bunch of stories like that lately. Seems like the home invasions are making a come back, too. Funny how that stuff just doesn’t happen over here in Sequatchie County. I wonder if it’s because the ‘perps know virtually everyone over here is armed to the teeth?