Bedbugs
A Patten Towers resident plans to inform tourists that the alleged failure of the administration of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke has led to a bedbug crisis in the city. He has threatened to post notices around the city in highly-trafficked areas warning of the city's bedbug problem.
Some people in Patten Towers are complaining about bed bugs.A Patten Towers resident plans to go public with what he says is a bed bug infestation at the landmark downtown residence that's home to low-income disabled and elderly residents.
William Stevens threatens to hand out flyers starting on Nov. 1 warning tourists and visitors that they could be exposed to bed bugs when they ride the electric shuttle bus or visit downtown businesses patronized by Patten Tower residents.
"While the buses and businesses may not be infested, the very low-income, poor and disabled people are, and many or them ... sit right next to you and your children," Williams wrote in an email he sent the media.
Patten Towers had a third party come in and spray for bed bugs this summer, according to an article that ran in July in the Times Free Press.
California real estate mogul Greg Perlman, whose company PK Management oversees Patten Towers, didn't immediately return a call today seeking comment.