Tag: Nashville
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Judge Urged to Halt 40,800 Arrests
IMMEDIATE RELEASE — David Tulis (423) 316-2680 davidtuliseditor@gmail.com [Link to hearing on Substack] CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Thursday, April 17, 2025 — A chancery court judge in Nashville today is reviewing competing filings on a proposed injunction to shut down what a lawsuit calls the “Eye of Sauron” run by the Tennessee Department of Revenue. Chancellor Anne Martin at…
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“Prison for Profit”
INMATE ALLEGES COLD FOOD, SHORT-STAFFING, LACK OF MEDS FURTHER THE GOAL OF INCREASING PROFITS by Anonymous Inmate, TTCC (Jan. 14, 2017) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter arrived on Wednesday and describes conditions at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC), on which The Post & Email has reported since last May. We have not heard…
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Private Prison Corporation Representative Initially Responds to The Post & Email, Then Goes Dark and Quiet
QUESTIONS ABOUT INMATE CLASSIFICATIONS, STAFFING, POLICIES REMAIN UNANSWERED by Sharon Rondeau (May 20, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email shared excerpts of letters received from a Tennessee prison inmate describing his new surroundings in a privately-run, as opposed to state-run, prison. Correction Corporation of America (CCA) operates the newly-opened prison at Hartsville, TN…
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Why Is Obtaining Records From Local and State Governments So Complicated?
NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANSWERS…OR WANTS TO SUPPLY THEM by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 5, 2014) — For two weeks, The Post & Email has sought copies of surety bond certificates for court clerks in McMinn and Monroe Counties, TN by means of an Open Records request. The mandatory response period for open records requests…
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The Theory
“IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY” by T. Joseph Sweet, Copyright © 2012-7/21 (Jul. 28, 2012) —[Editor’s Note: The following letter arrived today from Tennessee state inmate Todd J. Sweet, whose work we have featured before. Sweet is addressing Judge Walter C. Kurtz, who is presiding over a case charging LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick,…
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Can Corruption and Immorality Long Exist in a Community Full of Churches?
INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT AND LIES… by Dave Todd (Apr. 9, 2011) — I wonder how many individuals in Tennessee have pondered that question, especially on Sundays when they hear a preacher’s rhetoric about Satan and breaking the chains of bondage. Apparently many people here in Tennessee have been living in bondage under Satan’s influence for so…
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Tennessee Mother of Child Shooting Victim Contacts Gov. Bill Haslam
IS THIS “PROTECTING” OR VICTIMIZING THE CITIZENS? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2011) — The following letter was submitted to The Post & Email by the mother of the child who was shot by a neighbor in Sevier County, TN in 2009. The neighbor was not prosecuted, and the child’s mother, who was expecting to…
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Corruption in Tennessee is not Limited to Monroe County
“THE ONLY PLEA IS ‘GUILTY’” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 15, 2011) — A resident of Davidson County, TN contacted The Post & Email regarding an incident which occurred last year wherein he stated that a police officer lied and threatened a witness in order to procure a conviction. Mr. Keith Richardson has a family and…
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In the Wake of the Tea Party Nation Convention
WHERE IS THE TEA PARTY? News Summary by Harry Hunter (Feb. 9, 2010) — Now that Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Nation conventioneers have departed from Nashville, Tennessee, what kind of Tea Party does our nation have before us? Is it a mighty force that will shape the future of America, or…