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Dear Mayor Fontenot:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the attorney General in regard to an ordinance relative to a Town employee becoming a candidate for an elective office for the Town. The ordinance provides as follows:

WHERAS, Town of Mamou employees provide services for the Town as directed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and/or the Town's chief of Police in a professional, nonpartisan manner. It is imperative that no Town of Mamou employee participate in any political activity that may call into question the integrity of the work of the Town's elected…