A member of Kenner's Board of Zoning Adjustments said Mayor Mike Yenni removed him from the panel because he might to run against Yenni's favored candidates for City Council. Bill Schwertz said he was expecting the board to elect him its chairman on Dec. 4 but, at the same meeting, learned it was his last night to serve.
"I was just startled," said Schwertz, the board's vice chairman and a member since 2011. He said the board's secretary, city planner Mollie McInnis, informed him of his impending exit.