have. >> littlefield and city officials worked with their power utility, electric power board or epb, the hope was to provide faster cheaper service than was available. aneedlesneedless to say they wet happy. >> they paraded through my office to tell me why they didn't think chattanooga should go into this business to compete with private enterprise. >> epb went into a $111 million government stimulus grant but not before littlefield said he offered private telecoms the opportunity to do it themselves. they said no we can't afford to do that. i said we can't afford not to do that.