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Council pulls I-20 board appointments  Posted: Updated:  MONROE,
La. (KNOE 8 News)-It was a full house as tax payer spoke out as
Monroe City Council removed their four I-20 appointments one by
one from Tuesday nights agenda.  And the mayor was quick to
respond too.  "Its a shame that we have adults that have been
elected by the public that is having the type of behavior that
they have with in the city of Monroe" says Mayor Jamie Mayo.
But Councilman Eddie Clark says the reason for their actions was
because the mayor fell through on an agreement they had.  "We do
not have an agreement because the mayor, for whatever reason has
decided that he does not want to dismiss his lawsuit. So, this
was a situation where all four parts of the agreement had to be
satisfied for there to be a meeting of the minds, and right now
unfortunately we don't have that agreement" says Clark.  Along
with the lawsuit dismissal, the council would vote to pay the
attorney