The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for April 19-25.
“For school nurses, the early expectation was that we mothered, Band-Aided and soothed. It’s a different world, post-9/11, post-school shootings. … The role of the school nurse has evolved.”
— Sheryl Rogers, coordinator of health services at Hamilton County Schools, on the role of school nurses
“We’re going to hear that sucking sound sucking money out of the school system.”
— School board member Rhonda Thurman, on the impact if the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill to allow poor children to attend private schools using vouchers. The bill failed in the just-completed session.
“It’s a happy day for every Tennessean who voted yes on Amendment 1.”
— Brian House, president of Tennessee Right to Life, on the passage of bills regulating abortion in the state
“There’s been an insinuation that women jump out of bed some day and say, ‘Hey, I’m going to get an abortion.’ And that’s not true.”
— Tennessee Rep. Sherry Jones, D-Nashville, on the abortion bills’ passage
“However you describe the political maneuver, you’re left with a political maneuver. … That sucks for the public, that we have to endure politicians in that way. That just sucks.”
— Tennessee Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris, who said Gov. Bill Haslam caved in to the NRA by signing a bill allowing those with carry permits to go armed in city and county parks