People who had a way with words in the news last week:
“The two resolutions that are presented before you are in violation of our contract and, ethically, I don’t think I should say anymore.”
— County Attorney Rheubin Taylor, on efforts by County Mayor Weston Wamp to replace him.
“It seems like this mayor could bring a gold brick and it wouldn’t weigh enough. And every week we go through this same thing. He brought a good candidate here today. Let’s let our mayor do the job that other mayors have had the privilege of doing.”
— Hamilton County Commissioner Gene-o Shipley, R-Soddy-Daisy, on Wamp’s nomination of Janie Varnell as the next county attorney.
“You can’t top the Olympics, so this one is going in at No. 2 on my all-time list of favorite competitions.”
— Weightlifter Olivia Reeves, of Hixson, on her world title.
“She was such an inspiration for the Family Justice Center and really helped to make it happen. She was my colleague, she was a mentor to me for many years, and she was my friend.”
— Regina McDevitt, executive director of the Chattanooga Hamilton County Family Justice Center, on the death of Chattanooga City Council member Carol Berz.
“It’s kind of the rich get richer sort of thing, and so in this case it’s hard to jumpstart something absent some kind of a lightning bolt or … no pun intended, but a quantum shift. My job is to be the rabid advocate for Chattanooga, and this is a big problem. So we need to figure out how to solve it, and we candidly can’t be patient about it.”
— Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, on the need for the city to have top tier university research to fuel its economic development.
“Mobile ticketing will save a lot of time when passengers are boarding the bus versus passengers recharging passes once they board. We are extremely happy to move forward with this modern technology.”
— Lakecha Strickland, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1212, on CARTA’s launch of a mobile ticketing program.
“I have absolutely zero problem with Matt Justice becoming our next town manager, if he is the best candidate for the job and if all the shadiness surrounding Matt Trollinger’s termination was brought to light. I think that the new town council members should be questioning the entire process and whether or not some changes might need to be made.”
— Resident Gail Greene, on the severance and replacement of Signal Mountain’s town manager.
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