The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for May 4-10:
“I think it is so exciting, and I hope this can be a door of opportunity for more women, especially more conservative women , to get involved in these political races.”
— Political novice Sabrena Turner on her Republican primary win in the District 7 Hamilton County Commission race. If elected in August, Turner would become the commission’s first female member since 2006.
“I don’t care who is sitting in that seat. I’m here to serve the citizens of the county. Mickey Mouse could be sitting in there for all I care ….”
— Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office patrol sergeant Chris Harvey, an 18-year veteran of the department, on how he will conduct himself after losing the Republican primary race to Sheriff Jim Hammond, who won another four-year term as the county’s top law enforcement officer.