How else could a mayor have refused to meet that leader for more than a year?

His relations with town hall are so bad that the mayor refuses to see him.

The Mayor, for example, refused to say how many police officers would work in the new unit.

The Mayor, who has been known to throw his weight around, now refuses to.

The mayor refused to allow the students access to the archives.

Despite the last-minute pressure, the mayor refused to sign off on the plan.

The mayor, seeming to leave all his options open, refused to say whether he had made a decision.

The former mayor refused to step down pending the outcome of the case.

The Mayor said he had received a written report from his advisory board, but refused to release it.

Once again, the Mayor is refusing to allow the audits.