The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Oct. 26-31.
“This is criminal court. It’s not a high school gym.”
— Gary Bender, bailiff in Criminal Court Division III, lecturing the audience on proper decorum
“Either I could be a mom that complains, or I could be a mom that makes a difference.”
— Miranda Perez, who launched the Ooltewah Harrison Education Foundation to boost schools in District 9
“The bomb that we have been warned to expect for the past three or four years seemed to hit us Monday afternoon.”
— Shipping business owner Pete Serodino, after an emergency repair shut down the Chickamauga Lock for what officials said might be as long as three weeks
“There are between 1,100 and 1,300 gang members in Chattanooga. I told him to take that 60 to 600 and watch the difference.”
— Norman Williams, who organized a stop-the-violence meeting for gangs, to Mayor Andy Berke after city officials said some 60 gang members have gotten jobs through Chattanooga’s Violence Reduction Initiative