1 day ago

TheNewspaper A judge yesterday forced the settlement of a traffic camera company-backed lawsuit with the city of College Station, Texas over the public's November 3 vote to ban red light cameras. Although terms of the deal have not been released, the city council voted 4-0 on November 11 to abide by the results of the election, leaving (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Middle Tennessee State University has done a great job analyzing the housing market in Tennessee for the 3th quarter, 2009.  In the link below they give data on employment, permits, repeat sales, mortgage tax collections, transfer tax collections, foreclosures, and inventory.Economic activity contracted again for Tennessee’ (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Seasonally Adjusted Rate Unchanged from September NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate of 10.5 percent. “While the national unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent, Te (Read More)

3 days ago

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: In another story that ticket camera companies will insist is an isolated incident (despite a new incident seemingly surfacing each week), a Peoria, Illinois woman was sent a ticket that should have gone to another driver. WMBD/WYZZ TV has the story: A Chicago traffic camera could cost you hundreds of [...]. (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Volkswagen’s Chattanooga operations have received more than 65,000 applications for its local jobs, including 35,000 for production slots.“We are overwhelmed by the response and we are very satisfied with the result. It gives us the confidence that we will be able to hire all the capable and flexible people we need to build (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Thanks to an excellent piece of investigative journalism by David Goldstein of Los Angeles television station KCAL, motorists are getting the real accident numbers at Los Angeles camera-enforced intersections.The city has claimed that the cameras reduced accidents by 34%, but a little fact-checking proved this assertion wro (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

TheNewspaper A lawsuit funded by a photo enforcement company succeeded yesterday in temporarily blocking the results of the vote to end red light cameras in College Station, Texas. Judge Suzanne Stovall granted a temporary restraining order preventing the city from ending its contract with American Traffic Solutions, despite the Novembe (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: NASHVILLE – For the third consecutive month in the fiscal year that began July 1, state tax collections fell below budgeted estimates.  Finance & Administration Commissioner Dave Goetz today announced that state revenue collections for October were $698.2 million, which is 1.53% below October 2008 collections.  October coll (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: A reader of this blog has submitted information below on the series of events that certain Kingsport city officials took to help out their friends.  In my view, the City of Kingsport should keep it’s nose out of other organizations business.  See previous post on Kingsport’s downtown turf battle.  Mayor Phillips photo is [. (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

TheNewspaper Voters in three cities sent a clear message to local lawmakers yesterday by adopting charter amendments that ban photo enforcement. In addition to kicking two camera supporters from the city council, 72 percent of those voting in Chillicothe, Ohio approved a total prohibition on the use of red light cameras and speed camera (Read More)

Oct 23, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Permanent closures to reduce IP’s North American capacity by 2.1 million tonsMEMPHIS, Tenn. – Oct. 22, 2009 – International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced plans to close its paper mill and associated operations in Franklin, Va., and its containerboard mills in Pineville, La., and Albany, Ore. The company also announced it (Read More)

Oct 22, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Rates Increase in 11 Counties, Decrease in 83, Remain the Same in OneNASHVILLE – Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2009 was released last week at 10.5 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than the August rate of 10.7 percent. The United States’ unemployment rate for the month of September was 9. (Read More)

Oct 22, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Forbes.com lists affordable metro areas that offer sunny weather, jobs and rosy economic outlooks.  Forbes article Click here for the full list of places to retire. (Read More)

Oct 21, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: Last night the Kingsport, Tennessee Board of Mayor and Alderman voted to borrow $41.1 million for various projects.  According to the Kingsport Times-News quote below, the total debt has doubled in the last five years.  I might add that this has occurred during Mayor Dennis Phillips terms as mayor and John Campbell as city (Read More)

Oct 21, 2009

Submitted by Joecitizen from blog: National Motorists Association has complied a list of states with their vehicle codes.  Click on the link below for the details on your state’s vehicle code.Each state has a vehicle code, which is the collection of laws that govern the use of motor vehicles in that state. Some states make it easier than others to [...] (Read More)

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