No early appeal date for recall effort of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield

Jim Folkner

The Tennessee Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied an early hearing to permit a recall election of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield.

The court brief states that Citizens to Recall Mayor Littlefield and the Hamilton County Election Commission should have asked a trial court, rather than the appeals court, to reinstate a recall election.

“I guess you can read between the lines and say we won’t have an election in August,” said Jim Folkner, of Citizens to Recall Mayor Littlefield.

Folkner, along with Charles Wysong and Darrell Silvey, filed a motion to expedite almost two weeks ago to expedite an appeal hearing on the recall. Circuit Court Judge Jeff Hollingsworth ruled in February against the recall effort and issued an injunction stopping an August recall election.

The recall effort began two years ago when three groups – Citizens to Recall Mayor Littlefield, Chattanooga Organized for Action and the Chattanooga Tea Party – began a petition drive.