Delivery of 648 Koch’s Bakery doughnuts is message to Chattanooga City Council

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By Joy Lukachick Smith June 25, 2014 3 min read

Barbara Davis, owner of Koch’s Bakery, boxes doughnuts for a customer Tuesday evening.

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Chattanooga Councilman Yusuf Hakeem and Cynthia Patrick smile as Hakeem eats a Koch’s Bakery doughnut before the City Council meeting Tuesday evening.

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So many doughnuts were delivered to the City Council that if each were stacked atop the other they would have towered some 67 feet high.

The sugary scent of 648 glazed doughnuts — 54 dozen — filled the council building’s foyer Tuesday evening.

Some people stopped to stare. Many — City Council members included — dared to reach their hands inside and pluck one of the Koch’s Bakery delights from its box, carrying it with them into the meeting.