Chattanoogan.com POLL RESULTS

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Should the City Council reverse the plan to charge police officers for take-home vehicles?

Yes - 1423 votes - 72.12%
No - 550 votes - 27.88%


Total votes:1973


Who should the County Commission appoint as county mayor?

Mike Carter - 734 votes - 42.9%
Jim Coppinger - 977 votes - 57.1%


Total votes:1711


Should city police officers be charged mileage for use of take-home cars?


Yes - 741 votes - 37.37%
No - 1242 votes - 62.63%

Total votes:1983

For county mayor do you favor?


Mike Carter - 455 votes - 30.11%
Jim Coppinger - 768 votes - 50.83%
Edward Ector - 24 votes - 1.59%
Pam Hurst - 163 votes - 10.79%
Richard Rankin - 11 votes - 0.73%
Harry "Buddy" Rogers - 18 votes - 1.19%
Denise Russell-Ford - 28 votes - 1.85%
Guy Satterfield - 44 votes - 2.91%

Total votes:1511

Should the County Commission hold public interviews of county mayor candidates?

Yes - 777 votes - 81.19%
No - 180 votes - 18.81%


Total votes:957


Should the city court clerk - and possibly the city judges - be moved back to city hall?

Yes - 631 votes - 65.39%
No - 334 votes - 34.61%


Total votes:965


For county mayor, do you favor?

Mike Carter - 696 votes - 35.29%
Jim Coppinger - 969 votes - 49.14%
Larry Henry - 307 votes - 15.57%


Should local governments give years of tax forgiveness to lure companies like Volkswagen and Amazon.com?


Yes - 1127 votes - 66.26%
No - 574 votes - 33.74%

Total votes:1701

Should Hamilton County officials follow Marion County's plan of assessing jail time to parents whose children have unexcused absences - with one day in jail for each unexcused school day?


Yes - 1358 votes - 63.76%
No - 772 votes - 36.24%

Total votes:2130

Should a bondsman be allowed to go into any home if he suspects a fugitive is inside?


Yes - 191 votes - 13.26%
No - 1249 votes - 86.74%

Total votes:1440

Should Congress adopt Lamar Alexander's idea of not approving any new entitlement programs?

Yes - 1051 votes - 77.05%
No - 313 votes - 22.95%


Total votes:1364


Poll Results
With the continued fights, should Howard High School be closed and the students reassigned?

Yes - 530 votes - 54.36%
No - 445 votes - 45.64%


Total votes:975


Is $250 too high a fee for towing a vehicle off a private lot in Chattanooga?


Yes - 1233 votes - 90.46%
No - 130 votes - 9.54%

Total votes:1363

Should motorists pay a tax on miles driven as monitored on a government computer rather than a gas tax?


Yes - 101 votes - 9.59%
No - 952 votes - 90.41%

Total votes:1053

Should the East Ridge City Council appoint Marc Gravitt to a council vacancy since he was next in line in the voting?


Yes - 414 votes - 67.98%
No - 195 votes - 32.02%

Total votes:609

Would it be a good idea to legalize marijuana?


Yes - 1238 votes - 52.5%
No - 1120 votes - 47.5%

Total votes:2358

Poll Results
For 3rd District House, do you favor?

Don Barkman - 13 votes - 0.45%
Mark DeVol - 244 votes - 8.42%
Chuck Fleischmann - 1023 votes - 35.29%
Gregory Goodwin - 8 votes - 0.28%
Robert Humphries - 4 votes - 0.14%
Savas Kyriakidis - 936 votes - 32.29%
John Wolfe - 671 votes - 23.15%


Total votes:2899


For Red Bank Council District 1, do you favor?

Robert L. Perry - 48 votes - 18.18%
Floy Pierce - 92 votes - 34.85%
David R. Smith - 124 votes - 46.97%


Total votes:264

For Red Bank Commissioner At Large, do you favor?

Joe Glasscock - 196 votes - 32.08%
John Roberts - 415 votes - 67.92%


Total votes:611


For East Ridge mayor, do you favor?

Robert L. Frye - 381 votes - 41.06%
Don Huskey - 182 votes - 19.61%
Robert "Bob" Johnson - 146 votes - 15.73%
Brent Lambert - 219 votes - 23.6%


Total votes:928


Should the city charge for admission to a dog park to pay for compliance, supervision and cleanup?


Yes - 737 votes - 57.99%
No - 534 votes - 42.01%

Total votes:1271

Should city of Chattanooga residents be allowed to keep chickens in fenced yards?

Yes - 1237 votes - 56.69%
No - 945 votes - 43.31%


Total votes:2182


Should the Legislature make penalties against drunk drivers much harsher?

Yes - 1335 votes - 77.3%
No - 392 votes - 22.7%


Total votes:1727


Do you think Senator Bob Corker can convince Congress to agree to "a sustainable level of spending"?


Yes - 249 votes - 17.35%
No - 1186 votes - 82.65%

Total votes:1435

Poll Results
Do you support the Tea Party movement?

Yes - 1212 votes - 57.82%
No - 884 votes - 42.18%


Total votes:2096


Should the county school board buy out the contract of Supt. Jim Scales?

Yes - 905 votes - 56.63%
No - 693 votes - 43.37%


Total votes:1598


Should UTC drop its fishing team after objections from PETA that fishing is cruel?

Yes - 70 votes - 4.94%
No - 1346 votes - 95.06%


Total votes:1416


Should UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl been allowed to keep his job after admitting lying to the NCAA?

Yes - 640 votes - 40.35%
No - 946 votes - 59.65%


Total votes:1586


Should hunting be allowed for sandhill cranes?

Yes - 405 votes - 37.19%
No - 684 votes - 62.81%


Total votes:1089


Should "The Line" continue to be used to decide who gets into CSAS and CSLA?

Yes - 310 votes - 26.23%
No - 872 votes - 73.77%


Total votes:1182


Would you vote to recall Mayor Ron Littlefield?

Yes - 1607 votes - 65.06%
No - 863 votes - 34.94%


Total votes:2470


In a recall election for mayor of Chattanooga, would you favor?

Andy Berke - 420 votes - 17.16%
Jim Coppinger - 554 votes - 22.63%
Ann Coulter - 346 votes - 14.13%
Jim Folkner - 68 votes - 2.78%
Rob Healy - 314 votes - 12.83%
Ron Littlefield - 526 votes - 21.49%
Andrae McGary - 143 votes - 5.84%
Peter Murphy - 77 votes - 3.15%


Total votes:2448


Should county school board members get pensions after they leave the board?

Yes - 121 votes - 6.28%
No - 1805 votes - 93.72%


Total votes:1926


Is the recall effort harmful to the city's image and economic development?

Yes - 610 votes - 44.27%
No - 768 votes - 55.73%


Total votes:1378


Will the football UTC Mocs have a winning record this year?

Yes - 911 votes - 69.54%
No - 399 votes - 30.46%


Total votes:1310


Was it a good idea to open the Walnut Street Bridge up to dogs?


Yes - 850 votes - 37.17%
No - 1437 votes - 62.83%

Should City Council members Manny Rico and Jack Benson be recalled?


Yes - 1055 votes - 66.65%
No - 528 votes - 33.35%

Total votes:1583

Poll Results
Should a section of the Riverwalk near Chickamauga Dam be for walkers and not bicyclists?

Yes - 881 votes - 53.95%
No - 752 votes - 46.05%


Total votes:1633


Did Mayor Ron Littlefield act improperly in sending an e-mail to Judge Sherry Paty about the Pet Company case?

Yes - 1666 votes - 84.65%
No - 302 votes - 15.35%


Total votes:1968

For chancellor do you favor?


Jeff Atherton - 350 votes - 37.39%
Valerie Epstein - 234 votes - 25%
Art Grisham - 352 votes - 37.61%

Total votes:936

Should the city and county provide a $13 million parking garage for TVA?


Yes - 153 votes - 17.57%
No - 718 votes - 82.43%

Total votes:871

Which municipality has the most "drama"?

East Ridge - 595 votes - 34.1%
Red Bank - 1068 votes - 61.2%
Soddy Daisy - 82 votes - 4.7%


Total votes:1745


Should the state close The Pet Company at Hamilton Place Mall?

Yes - 1315 votes - 84.46%
No - 242 votes - 15.54%


Total votes:1557


Should criminal charges be pursued against the city attorney related to a long-standing practice of payments to the city attorney office?


Yes - 606 votes - 61.71%
No - 376 votes - 38

Do you believe the $25 million Tonya Craft federal lawsuit will go to trial?


Yes - 1233 votes - 65.59%
No - 647 votes - 34.41%

Total votes:1880

Was the firing of Red Bank Police Chief Larry Sneed

Justified - 223 votes - 15.07%
Political - 1257 votes - 84.93%


Total votes:1480


Should City Council members be furnished meals from city funds on Tuesday nights?


Yes - 282 votes - 19.29%
No - 1180 votes - 80.71%

Total votes:1462

For House District 28, do you favor?


Tommie Brown - 190 votes - 28.83%
Teresa Wood - 469 votes - 71.17%

Total votes:659

For Juvenile Court clerk, do you favor?

Gary Behler - 595 votes - 51.12%
Ron Swafford - 569 votes - 48.88%


Total votes:1164

For county clerk of Hamilton County, do you favor?

Chester Heathington (R) - 543 votes - 33.9%
Bill Knowles (D) - 1059 votes - 66.1%


Total votes:1602


For Chattanooga Police Chief, do you favor?


Bobby Dodd - 121 votes - 9%
Mark Rawlston - 190 votes - 14.13%
Mike Williams - 290 votes - 21.56%
A Chattanooga Police retiree - 46 votes - 3.42%
Someone from outside the Chattanooga Police Department - 246 votes - 18.29%
Turning the department over to Sheriff Jim Hammond - 452 votes - 33.61%

Total votes:1345

Should the City Council pass

A 64-cent property tax increase - 188 votes - 7.83%
A moderate property tax increase - 343 votes - 14.29%
No property tax increase - 1870 votes - 77.88%


Total votes:2401


For chancellor, do you favor?


Jeff Atherton (R) - 672 votes - 63.16%
Valerie Epstein (D) - 392 votes - 36.84%

Total votes:1064

Should Tonya Craft be awarded custody of her 2 children?

Yes - 1744 votes - 91.36%
No - 165 votes - 8.64%


Total votes:1909


Should School Board Chairman Kenny Smith form an ethics committee to investigate complaints by Normal Park parents against Rhonda Thurman?

Yes - 501 votes - 27.79%
No - 1302 votes - 72.21%


Total votes:1803


Hamilton County Woman Charged With TennCare Drug Fraud

A Hamilton County woman has been charged with trying to use the state’s public healthcare insurance program to pay for a forged prescription. The Office of Inspector General on Tuesday announced the arrest of Detrice Ann Moon, 42, of Chattanooga.   Ms. Moon’s arrest was assisted by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. A Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted Ms. ... (click for more)

Latest County Jail Booking Reports

Here are the latest county jail booking reports from Hamilton County and Walker County: Hamilton County: APPLEBERRY, CARLOS DEMETRIUS 2404 5TH AVENUE CHATTANOOGA, 37406 23 Hamilton County     CRIMINAL TRESPASSING BALLARD, CHRISTOPHER JAMES GLEASON DRIVE APT 57 EAST RIDGE, 37412 23 East Ridge     DRIVING ON REVOKED, SUSPENDED ... (click for more)

Thoughts On The Mathews Sentencing

It is not by coincidence I haven’t submitted an opinion piece in some time to the Chattanoogan.  The topics I cover are generally vitriolic in regards to local political decisions and their makers regarding public safety and I do not wish to associate my name with more noble subjects such as that of the heroic death and cowardly murder of Chattanooga Police Sergeant Tim Chapin, ... (click for more)

Thank You, Judge Mattice And Chattanooga

I would like to thank Judge Mattice for handing down a 30.5 year sentence for Kathleen Mathews.  Obviously, no amount of jail time, fines, or lashings can bring back Tim Chapin.   A 30-year sentence will, however, make the world just a little safer.  That's what Sgt. Chapin would have wanted.  He was a protector and sacrificed his life so the rest of ... (click for more)

Ford's Game-Winner Leads Irish Past Chargers

Notre Dame is moving on.   The Irish advanced Monday night when steady Steadmon Ford drove a stake in the Chargers’ heart, draining a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left as No. 4 seed Notre Dame defeated fifth-seed Chattanooga Christian, 41-38, in District 7-AA tournament action in Phifer Gymnasium.   It was a thriller.   Notre Dame (10-14) ... (click for more)

Guerry, Cash, Johnson Net Wins

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Led by Zan Guerry's straight set win on Sunday, Chattanooga has been well represented among the winners the first two days of the International Tennis Federation Seniors World Championships here. Playing in the Men's 55s, Guerry celebrated his 63rd birthday Sunday with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph against No. 32 seed Carlos Eduardo Freitas Mamede (Brazil). ... (click for more)