December 28th, 2011 by admin
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Red CarlisleChattanooga Police are investigating a report of a man shot while entering his room at the Guest House at 2220 Park Dr.
The victim, Julian Caldwell, 38, told police while he was returning to his room in the guest house, he was approached by two black males and forced into the room at gunpoint. Once inside the guest house room, they closed the curtains and told him to him to strip. Once they had his clothes they started ransacking his room at the guest house. The victim got the opportunity to run, but was shot in the hip.
The victim Julian Caldwell managed to run to a storage company near the guest house and asked for an ambulance. Investigators are currently checking into motive for the alleged robbery.
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December 28th, 2011 by admin
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cliff1066™The Montana Department of Revenue is suing nearly 20 Online Travel Companies (OTC) including Priceline, Travelocity, Orbitz, and Expedia for unpaid lodging taxes.
According to the court documents, the online travel companies tie up with hotels for wholesale rates. Then mark up the price, add a lodging tax and resell. The Revenue department claims that when filing taxes the online travel companies pay taxes on the wholesale rates and not on the rates charged to customers.
As argued by the attorney for the online travel companies, these firms are not the owners or operators of the product. And therefore shouldn't have to pay state bed or rental car taxes. The online travel companies have asked the district judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the Montana revenue department, which says the online travel companies pocket a share of the taxes they charge to customers.
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December 28th, 2011 by admin
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Amiga-CommodoreA country inn in Vermont is fighting against American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the country inn owners for refusing to host a wedding reception for a lesbian couple. The ACLU of Vermont filed the suit on behalf of Katherine Baker and Ming-Lien Linsley in Vermont's Superior Court against the country inn Wildflower.
The lawsuit claims, the family received an e-mail from the country inn-keepers, stating that the booking for the reception of the lesbian couple stands cancelled. Unfortunately due to the owners' personal feelings, the country inns Wildflower do not host gay receptions at their facility.
In the court documents the country inn denied that it had a policy of refusing to host receptions for same-sex couples' civil unions or weddings.
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