The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Aug. 24-29
“I’ll miss my co-workers. I will miss my passengers. I don’t think I’ll miss driving. I’m tired of driving.”
— Fred Wheeler, retiring as CARTA’s most senior bus driver with almost 43 years and 1 million miles behind the wheel
“I think what the city did, which has turned out to be an expensive gamble, the city sought to have permit conditions that showed the city as an environment-forward city. But they were a little too ambitious.”
— Mike Mallen, attorney and former member of a blue-ribbon stormwater panel, the day before Chattanooga’s Stormwater Advisory Board voted to abandon tough runoff standards in favor of the state’s minimal requirements