GONZALES - Earlier this month, an email was sent to Gonzales City employees by the mayor's Chief of Staff, Wade Petite, informing them that communication with council members must go through Mayor Timothy Riley's office.

The email goes on to say that if they are contacted by a member of the council , they must refer them to the mayor's office.

"We want to know what they're being asked because a lot of what they're being asked has nothing to do with city operations; it is political," Petite said

Petite says the decision comes after several complaints by city employees.

"The third time, an employee, one of our senior employees, came to us and said he or she, because I'm not going to rat them out, was tired of being caught in the middle of whatever this council is up to politically,"

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