The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Oct. 4-10
“I’d rather it go in Walker County, and I hope that doesn’t make me a hypocritical Christian. But they’re going to go somewhere and do it.”
– Walker County (Ga.) Commissioner Bebe Heiskell, speaking on the possibility of casino gambling in Walker County if state lawmakers legalize it in Georgia.
“Most people don’t have a clue what these kids are going through every single day.”
– Police Sgt. Josh May, speaking after the slaying of 19-year-old Kevin Albert Jr. about the circumstances young people face on the streets of inner-city Chattanooga.
“Somebody knows who killed Kevin. They may be in this room. And if you know, tell it. If you know and you don’t tell it, blood is on your hands.”
– The Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking in Chattanooga at the funeral for Albert.
“C’mon, grow a pair, babycakes.”
– Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter, responding to a woman after she spoke in Chattanooga who told her she needed to “stop attacking college students.”
“A couple of software engineers.”
– Volkswagen Group of America CEO Michael Horn, on who he believes is responsible for the emissions-test-defeating devices discovered in the company’s diesel vehicles.