AND YOU THOUGHT THAT ALEXANDRIA WAS THE ONLY CITY WHERE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T GET ALONG?

"The splintered relationship between City-Parish President Joey Durel's administration and the current City-Parish Council leadership came to a head Tuesday night when the two sides argued publically about a councilman's pet project and Durel's refusal to accommodate the request to fund it." (See: "Project sparks war between Durel, Bellard").


"Council Chairman Jared Bellard, District 5, used the general discussion portion of Tuesday's council meeting to hammer Durel and his administration about a parking lot overlay project at Judice Park." id. 


Bellard accused Durel of playing politics and pushing a personal vendetta against him — with taxpayers hanging in the balance, and Durel, on the other hand, accused Bellard of being overly sensitive, with misguided priorities. id.


Bellard took the helm as the council's chairman at the beginning of this year, and the strain between the council and the administration has been evident ever since. id. 

I don't see why Durel didn't follow Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy's lead and accuse the Council of being rude to him and refuse to show up at those meetings.

Just like the president and Congress, the governor and the Legislature, the executive doesn't always get along with the legislative branch. And the executive doesn't always get his way with and everything that he wants from the legislative branch.

That is the way that a democracy works.

I wish that Jacques and his kool-aid drinking followers would learn to accept that and get on with government the American way.