Best City, Really? - And Response

I believe the success Chattanooga has had in the best outdoor city contest has got to be the "Ridge Cut" trail. To be able to sit in your vehicle while inching along right beside the old steel plant and, of course, the train yard where tankers sit loaded with hazardous gases. Then passing through one of the city's most active areas for gunfire, it's a win win.

 

It's a shame the old five-star apartment complex behind Sugar's Ribs isn't open for business. That's a treat for the eyes if there ever was one. It's a shame the city wasn't able to drag the dilapidated barge up on the Ridge as well. A few days ago I thought the media was doing a story of the conditions of that barge, then I realized it was the condition of the County's Humane Department.

 

I love the authenticity of how the trail mimics the ride of a horse-drawn wagon down a rutted dirt road, well done.

 

I admit that while sitting in the Ridge Cut trail, I begin to smell what a sham the "emissions testing" is.

 

Maybe the city can force our police cadets to walk along the Ridge Cut Trail around 5 p.m. and perform a meet and greet there. We know the ones that come up with all this madness, I just wish we wouldn't allow them to be in the positions for these decisions.

 

For instance, ex-officer "Me" was dispatched to the mayor's office on an unstable person who had made threats to the mayor in the past. Yes, I took a pistol off the person and performed an arrest. 

It's just a darn shame, the genius that had the idea of just placing signs reading "No Guns Allowed" didn't come up with it before this incident.

 

Remember kids, if we win, the sound of gun play is to be described as only fireworks.

 

Fingers crossed.

 

Michael Burns

 

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