A Polk County judge has declined to combine Fort Meade Mayor Jaret Williams’ recall lawsuit with Commissioner Matthew Taylor’s case, ruling that the recall committee’s chairman has not yet been served in Williams’ case. She left open the possibility of reconsidering once he is.
In the same order, filed Oct. 29, Circuit Judge Catherine L. Combee granted Taylor’s request to put his case on a fast track. She designated it an election-related action entitled to priority status under the state’s rules for expedited judicial administration, and said she will hold an accelerated, in-person final hearing Dec. 3 at 9 a.m. to decide whether the recall petition is legally sufficient. A separate order formally setting that hearing has not been issued…