Opinion


Ron Littlefield Can Heal The City

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Councilman Ron Littlefield has a prescription for healing a sick city in need of good jobs for our present and future generations. The ingredients of his prescription are inspiration, imagination, participation and motivation.

We absolutely do not need an apprentice as mayor of Chattanooga where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Mrs. Ann Coulter says, "My experience and my expertise is getting things done." Again the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

In my opinion she is nothing more than a job-hopper. She has worked in private fundraising and a few City Hall jobs, worked for the city's
economic and community development, the planning commission and RiverCity Company and she wants to job hop into the mayor position. Her negative publicity ads and comments just simply show her level of being drastic and completely out of focus.

Ron Littlefield, our next mayor, will provide us with people leadership
instead of power structured o rganizations.

Ron will provide us with quality, and quantity leadership as mayor, both political and civic. He has a very sensible matter-of-fact attitude
and his leadership qualities include tact and diplomacy.

Now is the time for all good citizens of Chattanooga to come to the aid of Ron Littlefield. So go and vote for Ron Littlefield. Your vote for
Ron will not be a wasted vote.

W.L. Schultz
So. Moore Rd.


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