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Sep 7 2010
04:49:pm
Judge rules on Littlefield recall petition
By: R. Neal  shortURL

Says state law overrides charter re. number of signatures required for petition...

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MyOpinion's picture

TYP

Submitted by MyOpinion on Tue, 2010/09/07 - 4:53pm.

Does anyone have any idea how this might affect the anti-TYP petition drive, if there is, indeed, to be one?

Pam Strickland's picture

Trial court ruling in

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Tue, 2010/09/07 - 8:21pm.

Trial court ruling in Chattanooga has no impact on Knoxville unless it's upheld on appeal.

rikki's picture

The TYP petitioners, who have

Submitted by rikki on Tue, 2010/09/07 - 9:09pm.

The TYP petitioners, who have given up for the time being, were told they would need to meet the state threshold, so this decision affirms what they were told.

The Chattanooga decision is not, however, perfectly analogous, because it was city v. state, not county v. state. The hotel petition was city v. state, and they had to meet the state threshold, so this decision is consistent with that precedent. The Bradley election commission must have gotten bum advice from counsel.

Anonymous at T's picture

Analogous

Submitted by Anonymous at T (not verified) on Tue, 2010/09/07 - 9:38pm.

Wrong.
TYP was a City ordinance, not County.
It is Hamilton, not Bradley.
They either ignored the State election office, or where told something different then what Knoxville was told.

rikki's picture

Thanks for the correction.

Submitted by rikki on Tue, 2010/09/07 - 10:59pm.

Thanks for the correction. That makes the Hamilton election commission's error all the more glaring.

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