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City Councilor Gave Mayor Letter Of Resignation, Not Accepted
posted (March 22, 2013)
Today's Reporter newspaper had a provocative headline, asking "Will Councillor Elrington Hyde Resign?" The reference is to Alifah Hyde Elrington, a first term councilor who is the daughter of Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and the law partner of Mayor Darrell Bradley.

And, from what we've been able to find out, there is more than a shred of truth to the story, because though Bradley and Elrington-Hyde are partners in law, they've had their differences in the Council. But things came to a head three weeks ago when Elrington-Hyde and the Mayor's Secretary caught in an ugly war of words. It happened on San Pedro when the delegation from San Benito, Guatemala were visiting. It seems the mayor's secretary forgot the checque that was to be used to cover the lunch tab at an island restaurant and Elrington-Hyde chastised her publicly.

According to our information, after that Elrington demanded that the secretary be dismissed, but from what we are told Mayor Bradley would not entertain the request. From what we are told she laid down ultimatums, and still the mayor would not budge. Things came to a head at a council meeting on Tuesday - when Elrington-Hyde put it on the agenda for a council meeting and the mayor struck it off. So Elrington-Hyde reportedly put the letter on his table - and he put it aside.

As we understand it from multiple sources, she then left the meeting, having handed the mayor her letter of resignation - even though he didn't accept it.

Since then, we are told, cooler heads have prevailed and Elrington Hyde has backed off her hardline position. She is not resigning and neither is the mayor's secretary being sent home. Still, though, we understand things between the two have not been ironed out.

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