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‘This sends a message to everybody in the United States that Hamilton County doesn’t want your business.’: Notable quotes from a week in Chattanooga area news

Staff photo by Abby White / Hamilton County Commissioner Joe Graham speaks June 16, 2025, during an event in Chattanooga. Graham was critical of the County Commission's vote to delay some development decisions for at least 30 days.
Staff photo by Abby White / Hamilton County Commissioner Joe Graham speaks June 16, 2025, during an event in Chattanooga. Graham was critical of the County Commission's vote to delay some development decisions for at least 30 days.


People who had a way with words in the news last week:

“This sends a message to everybody in the United States that Hamilton County doesn’t want your business.”

— Commissioner Joe Graham, R-Lookout Valley, on a vote by the County Commission to delay some development decisions for at least 30 days.

“It was heartbreaking really to hear that part, that big pillar of Soddy-Daisy would be closing, and I wasn’t expecting it,”