It would have been easy for Chattanooga City Council member Chip Henderson to have looked into the matter after he was initially elected in 2013 and to tell his constituents that it simply was a bridge too far to run a waterline up Raccoon Mountain to serve the limited number of houses there.
That’s not what he did.
Henderson made calls, he made visits, he likely pleaded a few times, but he didn’t quit. That waterline is now one City Council vote away from reality.
(IN THE NEWS: Raccoon Mountain waterline moves step closer to reality)
And, yes, the optics aren’t good. The city will pay $3.5 million for the waterline to serve 27 properties on the mountain.