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May 09, 2006
Unseen Risk at Homeless Site Actually Seen
Contrary to the scandalous headlines on the front page of Sunday’s Times Free Press, the polluted history of the city’s proposed homeless campus site has been common knowledge – at least since Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield’s initial announcement about the proposed development on April 20.
Reminiscing about the history of the neighborhood once known as Onion Bottom, Littlefield recounted to the crowd a conversation he’d had with former Chattanooga Mayor Gene Roberts.
“I said, ‘We’ll call it the Gene Roberts Memorial…’ and he said, ‘Dump,’ and I said, ‘OK.’ Because that’s what it used to be: a dump.”
Speaking of the pollution in the TFP piece, Littlefield said, “All the authorities think it’s something we can live with as long as we don’t disturb it.”
While good news for the proposed homeless campus, this assessment means, of course, that the city will probably have to cancel its Homeless Miners Initiative. Or keep the homeless from jumping up and down a lot.
BlogBeats | By pulseblogger | 03:01 PM
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