People who had a way with words in the news last week:
“It could have a variety of rent rates. If we’re serious about market rate and affordable housing, it’s an opportunity to do so.”
— Emily Mack, chief executive of the nonprofit downtown redevelopment group River City Co., about new development planned when AT&T Field closes.
“It’s actually really difficult to vote — if you can’t get off work, if you can’t get short-term child care, if you don’t have a ride, if you can’t read. A lot of people don’t know that you have the right, as a disabled person, to vote … regardless of your IQ and your accessibility needs.”
— Angélica Acevedo, community organizer with the advocacy group CALEB, on early voting turnout so far for the Aug. 1 election.
“I’m really glad that they’re doing this because I think that it’ll keep a bunch of this junk out of gas stations, which is a huge issue.”
— Anna Butler, owner of Hemp Trails CBD in the Memphis area, about new state regulations on hemp.
“You’re overstepping boundaries. The parents have a right to decide when and if their children are receiving counseling of any kind. Everyone has different values as to what kind of counselor they want their child to see, when they want their child to see a counselor.”
— Harriette Reid, affiliated with the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, on a contract for counseling efforts at Hamilton County Schools.
“Paul Croft is about to be indicted in the E.D. of Tennessee on charges similar to the allegations in the complaint. This is not a situation in which an indictment is speculative or possibly coming at an unknown future date.”
— Melinda Power, attorney for Chicago businessman Paul Croft, arguing in a legal filing to delay a lawsuit against Croft because of impending criminal charges against him and Chattanooga partner Jonathan Frost in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
“This cute little fellow was on (an officer’s) shoulder. We were all like, ‘Oh, my gosh.'”
— Humane Educational Society animal service officer Samantha Kaj Blair, who helped arrange for a Chihuahua with a birth defect to get special 3D-printed headgear through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“They will be right in the apartments with the folks talking to them very specifically about their dreams and hopes and what they want to achieve.”
— Chattanooga Housing Authority Executive Director Betsy McCright, on social workers who will be available for Westside residents through a redevelopment project.
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