Gore District Council's chief executive is not going anywhere after a five thousand signature petition calling for his resignation was rejected by councillors.
The public petition to remove Stephen Parry went out in direct response to a group of councillors calling for the resignation of Mayor Ben Bell.
The chief executive and mayor have not been speaking, and the dysfunction at the council led them to agree in April to undertake an independent review into how things got so bad.
Ben Bell presented the petition at a meeting this afternoon - where most councillors said it was not credible.
