The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Nov. 1-6.
“I wanted you to know: We’re not just custodians. We contribute to the students, the faculty. We’re not just here to clean up.”
– Sonya Davis, who has worked at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for 24 years but fears losing her job if Gov. Bill Haslam goes forward with a plan to outsource management of state facilities
“Since they haven’t had any challengers for mayor in 40 years, they didn’t change the law on the charter.”
– Ringgold mayoral candidate Tony Hullender, surprised to learn he’d have to participate in a three-way runoff. The winner will succeed Joe Barger, the town’s mayor for 40 years, who didn’t seek reelection
“It was really comforting to me, and the people who were there, to see how quickly the CPD responded when they got the call. The responded en masse.”
– Lt. Cmdr. Tim White, commander of the U.S. Navy and Marine Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, after a report of shots fired near the facility Wednesday. No sign of gunfire was found
“It’s unbelievable that humans could act like that.”
– Developer John “Thunder” Thornton, after the Foster Falls community rejected his request for fire protection at his luxury Jasper Highlands development even though he had given the local department a firetruck
“We don’t want your fire department!”
– Local resident at the Foster Falls community meeting
The most popular items from the Times Free Press website for Nov. 1-6. Go to www.timesfreepress.com to see what you missed.
TOP STORIES
1. Police say there is no threat after reports of shots fired at Chattanooga naval center and Chattanooga State
2. Family of black bears shot and killed in Gatlinburg
3. Chattanooga megachurch among fastest-growing in nation
4. 22 hot-air balloons flying over Chattanooga’s skyline today
5. Chattanooga courthouses reopen after bomb threat
6. Chattanooga police investigate after man shot to death in street
7. Hamilton County teen charged with rape
8. Gov. Bill Haslam likely will face push by some fellow Republicans to abolish pre-K next year
9. Comcast to charge extra for heavy data users
10. Former Sen. Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dead at 73
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