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Rob Healy Ed board
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Joe Lance Ed board
ROB HEALY
Age: 57
Occupation: Owner of RH Apparel
Personal: Married 36 years; three sons and four grandsons
Experience: Served as executive director of Outdoor Chattanooga, head of the city Parks and Recreation Department, executive director of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and also owned and operated a regional grocery store chain for almost 30 years
Education: Bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology
Key issues: Economic development; youth; public safety
How he is different than the current mayor: Wants curbside recycling weekly; against a centralized homeless complex; brings business experience; thinks city should not take over funding for library.
Key quote: “When I was in the public sector, I heard many people tell me this is the way we’ve always done it. That’s a bad answer. It should be, ‘It’s the best way to do it.’”
JOE LANCE
Age: 40
Occupation: Business analyst for Unum
Personal: Married with a 4-year-old son
Experience: Has served as a business analyst for Unum 10 years; has written a blog about local politics for several years
Education: Masters of arts degree, Andrews University
Key issues: Increase citizen participation in government; make neighborhoods safer; make recycling weekly
How is he different than the current mayor: Brings fresh ideas and new perspective
Key quote: “I think there’s an argument to be made that sometimes we need an injection of fresh perception.”
Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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