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Here are my humble, futile projections for Tuesday's contests. Candidates on the losing end of these should take heart: I'm wrong more often than I'm right, or 50/50 at best. But that hasn't stopped me yet.

Chattanoogan.com has the full statement from Third District Chattanooga City Council member Dan Page, who is not running for reelection in 2009.

Chattanooga City Council member Debbie Gaines, who has served District 9 since winning former Councilman Yusuf Hakeem's seat in a special election, has announced that she will not seek reelection in March.

Breaking news by Chattanoogan.com: School Board member Jeffrey Wilson has decided not to pursue the open Chattanooga City Council seat being filled by special election on November 4.

While it may seem like March 2009 is unfathomably distant, especially with all that is happening in the next several weeks, today marks the starting point for Chattanooga's municipal elections, as candidates may begin picking up qualifying papers from the county election commission.

The November 4, 2008 general election has been in sight for a very, very long time for a few candidates for President and their associates. This week marks a milestone in the process for down-ticket races being decided on that same day.

I have begun some research into whether or not any laws could have been broken if my hunch were to be correct: that is, if former Chattanooga City Council member Marti Rutherford used voter registration data purchased from the Election Commission to send commercial mail related to her real estate business.

Developing story: a reported large number of individuals were being taken into Finley Stadium by combined local, state, and federal law enforcement officials. Among those arrested this morning is Chattanooga City Council District 5 representative John Franklin, Jr.

Developing story: a reported large number of individuals were being taken into Finley Stadium by combined local, state, and federal law enforcement officials. Among those arrested this morning is Chattanooga City Council District 5 representative John Franklin, Jr.

I try not to get too excited about things, even when I'm having a great time. Soon enough, it will be over, and then a wave of dejectedness at the mundane washes over me like so much Tennessee River water. But you're not here to hear about that.

First of all, I want to extend a heartfelt comforting word to the families of the victims of last night's storms, even though it's hard to determine what word(s) would suffice. Just know that the rest of us are thinking of you.

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