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March 15, 2006
Healy: Suicide Bomber?
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield said this morning on WGOW's "Morning Press" that Outdoor Chattanooga will go forward and that he’d intended for it to go forward with Rob Healy at the helm.
Commenting on Healy's reaction to the proposed promotion -- back to the position he was already promoted from -- Littlefield said, “I’m very surprised by this sort of suicide bomber way of going about things.”
Yep, he said "suicide bomber."
An excerpt from the conversation:
Littlefield: "I don't mean this as a criticism. I really like Rob Healy. I think he's a great guy. I think he had become a lightning rod, which was not necessarily of his making. I've been a lightning rod myself, many of you can remember situations where you get yourself into a situation where people are making you the issue rather than the real issue which was providing the best parks and recreation department that the city deserves. But, Rob is one of those individuals who sort of quits on a daily basis, so the fact that he was showing a little dissatisfaction with this change I didn't take all that seriously.
Styles: "Is this fixable?"
Littlefield: "Well, sure. Everything's fixable and, in any effect, the programs Outdoor Chattanooga will go forward and the parks and recreation department will go forward and there is really no break in the progression of things. The only break is I was really surprised by this public stance last night, which caught me completely off guard."
Reynolds: "You were blindside by this?"
Littlefield: "Absolutely."
West: "What's Rob's status this morning, or the quote-unquote 'suicide bomber''s status this morning?"
Littlefield: (Laughs) "Well, I don't know. I was called, of course, last night by several reporters who said, 'Have you fired him?' I said, 'Listen, if he's fired, that's been the most generous firing I've ever heard of. I'll sit down and talk with him and see what he wants to do, but I'd say that he's sort of burned his bridge at this point. It kind of destroys credibility and I'm a little concerned about how he might behave in future situations."
News Update | By colrus | 10:40 AM
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