Ron Littlefield, City of Chattanooga MayorThe City Council decided Tuesday night that Chattanooga would join the lawsuit involving a potential recall of Mayor Ron Littlefield.
But a lot of debate centered around how the city should choose its stance in court and whether City Attorney Mike McMahan would have a conflict since he represents the council and the mayor.
Council members debated whether the city’s stance should be to defend the existing City Charter or just ask for an opinion from the judge on how the law should be interpreted.
“If it’s just ‘tell us what the law is,’ it’s hard to see where there is a conflict,” Councilman Peter Murphy said.
But Jim Folkner, with Citizens to Recall Mayor Littlefield, said the city should hire outside counsel, and he said he failed to see how the city attorney could go to a court case and not have an argument.