Protestors are planning to gather outside of an extraordinary council meeting this afternoon in support of their 24-year-old Mayor.
Council chief executive Stephen Parry and Mayor Ben Bell haven't been speaking since December, and last week, some councillors asked the mayor to resign.
Laurel Turnbull from the Mataura community board in the Gore district initially agreed to speak to Report this morning but then pulled out.
Details of inner communications have been extremely limited, but an employment lawyer says there are some glaringly obvious holes in how the conflict has so far been handled.
Employment lawyer Katherine Dalziel spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss from Christchurch.
