In a few months, Chattanooga will have a new mayor and at least two new faces on its ninemember, non-partisan city council. Potentially – though not likely – there could be as many as seven new faces on the council.
Those elected to District 1 and District 2 certainly will be new, as incumbents Deborah Scott and Sally Robinson opted not to seek re-election.
The winners face a long learning curve, but they also will have a delicious opportunity to put Chattanooga back on track after eight years of Ron Littlefield’s seesaw recall petitions and a supposedly non-partisan council that became mired in Tea Party-induced bickering.
DISTRICT 1: TOM MCCULLOUGH
Chattanooga’s District 1 stretches through Hamilton County from Lookout Valley over Moccasin Bend and Mountain Creek into Hixson.
Represented for four years by Deborah Scott — the council’s chief nitpicker — District 1’s voters have an opportunity to elect someone who can look at city business with thoughtfulness and a plan, not just arguments.