Jim Folkner, left, leader of the recall effort of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, looks on as Chattanooga Detective Phil Grubb, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, talks about the organization’s decision to join the recall effort.
Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free PressA group wanting to force a recall of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield said Tuesday it is awaiting a decision from the state appeals court in Knoxville on whether it will overturn a Hamilton County judge’s ruling that halted the recall effort.
“The recall effort is not dead,” said Jim Folkner, with the group Citizens to Recall Mayor Littlefield.
The group held an impromptu news conference Tuesday outside the City Council building to outline its next steps in the recall effort. Officials with the local police union were at the conference and said they were joining the recall.
Folkner said the group plans to forge ahead even though the mayor only has two years left in his term.
Richard Beeland, spokesman for Littlefield, said Tuesday the city would not comment on the appeal.