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Adjourned, but not over – Mayor Melinda Mitchell gathered her papers and walked out after declaring “this meeting is over” halfway through Monday’s St. Martinville City Council meeting. But the meeting continued with Mayor Pro Tempore Craig Prosper presiding.(Karl Jeter)

Mayor walks out of meeting

Monday’s meeting of the St. Martinville City Council was another three-hour marathon, but half of it was carried out without Mayor Melinda Mitchell and two council members. As a contentious set of agenda items critical of Building and Zoning Director Shedrick Berard proceeded, the mayor became angry, banged the gavel hard ...

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