Alternative news and discussion for Scottsboro, Jackson County Alabama and the Tennessee River Valley as I see it. Responsible comments to articles welcome. As always, "Watch for Snakes," particularly those wearing suits.
JAMES MADISON QUOTE - 1822
"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."
City Council President Tony Wallingsford, center, asks for motions to bring agenda items forward for a vote. City Clerk Whitney Phillips sits on Mr. Wallingsfords's right; City Attorney Steve Kennamer reads applicable document on Mr. Wallingsford's left.
Council Member Keith Smith, photo left, asks questions regarding city projects cost overruns.
Mayor Robin Shelton, photo left, addresses Mr. Smith's (photo right) concerns. Council Member Gary Stewart, center, looks on.
Jackson County Courthouse South Side, photo by G. Morgan
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Big News Item -"OWWW THAT SMELL" (the continuing saga) - Sand Mountain Citizens express concerns regarding health and environment from sewer sludge spreading. Previous articles on Sewer Sludge and my reports on my field investigation of the problem. More information regarding documentation should be received toward the end of this week. City of Chattanooga made a presentation regarding this issue.
THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA AND ITS CONTRACTOR ARE NOT TELLING THE ENTIRE STORY
"Disease-causing proteins can evade sewage treatment procedures."
"Prions, the infective particles behind diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), can breach standard sewage treatment methods, new research shows.The discovery raises the possibility that the rogue proteins, which are infamously hard to detect, can jump one of the most important barriers that safeguard human health."
FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The bottom line is this, a failure to adequately and scientifically evaluate and assign an accurate risk factor to this dangerous practice. Deaths and sickness have occurred from sewage sludge application. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094820/
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Citizens express concerns about the spreading of sewage sludge near their homes, sickness reported, foul smells, large amounts of disease carrying flies, creeks/streams with no life.
This citizens says it is about the money, our safety and health doesn't matter. The stench is horrible, large amounts of blood on the ground attracting predators at the sewage sites. photo by G. Morgan
Dumping of the sewage from Chattanooga has been occurring since 1995,killing fish, poisoning wildlife and contaminating wells. This citizens has the documents, the photos and other evidence of negligent and dangerous applications of sewage onto farmlands and pumping into abandoned mines.
photo by G. Morgan
We are worried about our children.
photo by G. Morgan
If you don't believe us come and see for yourself. We have to live here, you don't.
Photo by G. Morgan
Rare cancers reported and other sickness. photo by G. Morgan
The creeks are contaminated, no signs of life. When we were children we used to swim and fish in the creeks on Sand Mountain, not now, it will make you sick. photo by G. Morgan
City of Chattanooga employee attempts to answer citizen's questions. Commissioners look on.
Jackson County Courthouse North Entrance, photo by G. Morgan
It was disclosed that the trees for the City of Scottsboro's beautification/renovation project on the downtown square will be from Florida and will cost $36,000 - they are guaranteed to live, hahaha, seriously. Shrubbery will cost approximately $14,000, there was no indication if the shrubbery was guaranteed to live or die. Previous shrubbery was allowed to deteriorate and go for months untrimmed.
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Note cost of renovation of heating and cooling system, $1.1 million dollars. Minimum work will cost approximately $100K, including engineering cost should be near $125K-$150K. This is a 1967 system, the air cooling, heating and handeling system been recommended for replacement and upgrades for the past 25 years. Costs have rose 100% in those years as a result of past commission's neglect.
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Jackson County Buildings Maintenance Chief informs commission on air, cooling and heating system problems in the courthouse. Original air system dating back to 1967. Controls and actuators, obsolete systems are not efficient nor are parts available. It was recommended 25 years ago that the system needed to be upgraded. Plans have been submitted and pushed aside for 25 years, now the cost appreciation is at the 100% level. Comprehensive plans for upgrades have been discarded by previous commissions.
Commission seated, the new Chair leads meeting, 'Ya' in it with both feet now Mike, good luck. :)
Occasionally I will provide a live Facebook video from the delegation and report segment at the City Council Meeting, this is the Facebook URL of that segment.
Facebook has permanently suspended my account, CENSORED, for telling the truth about Donald Trump's criminal history and disclosing facts about racial discrimination in Scottsboro and our nation. Garry Morgan : 03/15/2025
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Scottsboro Police Department Web Site
""The police are the public, the public are the police. The police are the only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties that are incumbent on every citizen in the interest to community welfare and existence." - Sir Robert Peel, 1829 https://www.scottsboropd.org/
The Sunlight Foundation uses cutting-edge technology and ideas to make government transparent and accountable. Click on image to learn more.
THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
"I can say with confidence that the federal government needs a major overhaul. Don’t get me wrong, most public servants in government are highly educated and dedicated professionals who are committed to “the greater good.” At the same time, the government has become a bloated bureaucracy that is based on past conditions and in too many cases, federal programs and policies can’t demonstrate that they are generating real results that benefit the American people."
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David Walker President and CEO The Peter G. Peterson Foundation http://www.pgpf.org/ ; former, recently served for 10 years, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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NPR's story on David Walker: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124460237
"public intelligence"
"What is Public Intelligence? Public Intelligence is an international, collaborative research project aimed at aggregating the collective work of independent researchers around the globe who wish to defend the public’s right to access information." http://publicintelligence.net/
A Nuclear Engineer's Report on the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
Danger Zone: Aging Nuclear Reactors
Incident at Browns Ferry (PBS 1977)
History of nuclear power safety issues which the 1975 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant fire brought forward. This video has been censored by the nuclear industry. The trillion dollar multinational nuclear death industry prefers to keep you the citizen in the dark and feed you crap.
Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio and others. Click on image for a tour. Left click & hold mouse to move image.
Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team/Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation http://www.matrr.org/
"TVA at the Crossroads" a SACE Film.
"America is at an energy crossroads and the Tennessee Valley Authority has a choice to make: Will it cling to old coal power because of its historic significance or will it retire its oldest, dirtiest and least efficient plants and lead America into a clean energy future?" TVA At The Crossroads from SACE.
****************************I'm GARRY MORGAN, a Christian, U.S. Army (AMEDD) retired, Race Relations/Equal Opportunity Specialist (U.S.Army, Retired DOD-DRRI-DEOMI) a citizen of Scottsboro Alabama, a Baylor University grad-Go Bears, a political activist and a political Independent as I believe political parties divide the citizenry whom they are suppose to represent. We must learn the lessons of our history or we will surely repeat our mistakes. I think the greatest problem facing our nation is the massive national and personal debt.
