A Gore councillor has quit, saying there's "unsustainable anxiety" at the council.
The resignation of Bret Highsted has triggered a costly by election. The mayor and chief executive aren't talking to each other and another councillor is acting as a go-between.
However, locals seem to be just as divided as their elected representatives and just as confused as the rest of the country as to what's going on behind closed doors.
Timothy Brown is in Gore.
