Today's Opinions

I am a school bus driver for Roane County Schools, and I would like to take the time to thank our new director of schools, Gary Aytes, for helping to keep the children and bus drivers safe.  

I have driven for Roane County schools for seven years.  

At the beginning of the school year, Aytes was there to welcome us and let us know how much he appreciated what we did.  

He also came by a few weeks ago while we had our bus certification and did the same.

Some folks, we understand, are troubled by a recurring nightmare that disturbs their sleep virtually every night of their lives.

We have not previously experienced this phenomenon, but we fear that we are about to do so.
In this nightmare we will be joined by most of the citizens and taxpayers of Roane County.

What, the reader may well ask, is the scenario which causes us to fear it so?

It may be summed up in two words ­— The JAIL!

Wednesday of last week, as we were perusing the Business section of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, our eye was caught by the headline “Bonuses paid Brown prior to collapse”, with a sub-head reading “Soddy-Daisy shuffle combined Ponzi scheme and tax fraud, trustee charges.”

We thought this might be an interesting item showing the ingenuity of some of the financial villains who prey on the ignorance and gullibility of so many of our brethrery and so further reading showed.