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Mayor Ron Littlefield might sit out recall election

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By Cliff Hightower 6 min read

photo Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, shown speaking at a tourism press conference in August, says he may choose not to run if a recall election takes place in August.

MAYOR RECALL KEY DATESJan. 6, 2012Candidates can pick up qualifying petitionsApril 5, 2012Deadline for petitionsAug. 2, 2012Recall election for Chattanooga mayorSource: Hamilton County Election Commission

Mayor Ron Littlefield may choose not to run if a recall election takes place in August.

“I don’t know yet,” Littlefield said Friday. “For seven months? Why would I put my family through all this for a seven-month term?”

Just weeks ago, the two-term Chattanooga mayor was moving into his last 16 months in office, pushing for metropolitan government or some type of city-county consolidation that he hoped to make the legacy of his administration.

Now a recall effort that seemed all but dead threatens to cut short his term and give him a very different kind of legacy.