“I feel, as we called it in Ohio, it’s sympathy soothing syrup. They put it on to make everybody placated … just to slow it down.”
— Ron Ford, an area resident opposed to Hamilton County’s growth plan, on whether a committee that County Mayor Weston Wamp intends to form will be able to make any changes to the plan or simply serve as a witness to what officials decide.
“All the other public defenders are just — I mean, I hate to say this about my colleagues across the country but — they’re just appointed lackeys.”
— Steve Smith, a public defender serving Hamilton County, speaking at a Pachyderm Club meeting
“We’re going to cause some havoc down there. We’re going to try to get injured.”
— Max Reimer, who with the 11 groomsmen in town for his wedding had loaded tires into the back of truck and planned to pull each other down one of Chattanooga’s snow-covered streets.
“Our salt bins are stocked, our equipment is prepared and our employees are ready to mobilize in the event of inclement weather. Clearing our roadways as safely and efficiently as possible is vital to keeping motorists safe and traffic moving in Tennessee.”
— Daniel Oliver, assistant chief engineer and regional director for the state department of transportation, ahead of Friday’s snowfall.
“This is the shining example of promises made and promises kept for the community. Memorial has been investing in this community for over 35 years. We promised a hospital to the community, and we are delivering that exactly.”
— Angela Stiggins, CHI Memorial vice president and Georgia hospital site administrator, on a ceremony marking the placement of the final and highest structural beam for CHI’s new hospital in Ringgold
“I don’t think we’ve got it figured out. So what do we do to pull this together before we allow even a single one of these systems to be put in again in the state of Tennessee? … I’m not sure I trust this at all.”
— Susan Crowell, with the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, on a decentralized drip dispersal sewer system planned for a 197-home project at the former Spangler Farm site.
“I’m coming to you saying, ‘This is not great, not an ideal situation. We don’t want to have to do this. But HES provides very important services to our county. They are a contracted service provider of the county.'”
— Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp in support of a proposal for the county commission to give $263,000 to the Humane Educational Society for tax relief.
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