People who had a way with words in the news last week:
“In some cases, the only way the commission can give us more money is to increase taxes on the very people that are facing the same things that the teachers are facing. They can’t afford to live either, but yet you’re wanting them to come across with more money to make it easier for teachers, when really it’s our job. We are getting a pile of money, and that pile of money, how we slice it up, is entirely up to us. … We tell the teachers all the time they’re the most important people, but we don’t act like it.”
— Hamilton County school board member Rhonda Thurman, R-Hixson, on a proposed raise for teachers in the school system’s budget Thursday night.
“I feel like it is important for our constituents and the parents of kids who come to Hamilton County Schools and the entire community to know where the board stands when it comes to arming staff members.”