The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for April 12-17.
“Hamilton County is building schools more economically than just about anybody. You can’t build houses this economically.”
— Vance Travis, architect of the new East Brainerd Elementary School now under construction
“We’re going to make some people happy, and some people sad or mad.”
— Gary Robkin, Chattanooga’s certified flood inspector, on new federal flood maps that put more than 400 new properties into flood hazard zones
“When the EPA comes in here, it won’t be pretty.”
— Kimball, Tenn., resident Bobby Gudger, who said he has complained to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about truck fluids leaking into a spring from a local wrecker yard
“What’s happening is the seasons are getting blurred, because we’re having pollen throughout the year, just about.”
— Dr. Susan Raschal, an allergist, on the sudden onset of spring sneezing season
“‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ is a book. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a book. the Bible is the word of God, it’s a whole different level.”
— State Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, before the Tennessee House passed a bill making the Bible the official state book. The bill later was sent to a Senate committee, where it died for the session.