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The political gap that separated Mayor Dan Neri Lim and V-Mayor Jose Antonio Veloso has widened with the bones of contention centered on the appropriation of casuals and the sale of city ordinances.

The trigger mechanism was the letter of V-Mayor Veloso to City Budget Officer Rosemarie Palma.

In that letter, the vice mayor chided the city budget officer for her refusal to certify the availability of appropriations for wages of job order casuals to the Sangguniang Panglungsud.

According to Veloso, of the less than two months that he assumed office, Palma continually refused his requests, the latest of which was on the appropriation of casuals.

Palma did not take Veloso's admonition sitting down. She forwarded Veloso's letter to Mayor Lim setting off the bitter exchange of communications.

Taking the cudgels for his budget officer, Mayor Lim took to task Veloso by citing the limitations of the vice mayor's jurisdiction of his duties and responsibilities.

The mayor informed Veloso that city budget office performs an executive function and therefore directly under the city chief executive.

The mayor further said that in any event that the vice mayor has any complaint on the conduct of the city budget office or any officer under the executive department, the correct procedure would be to address any query or complaint to the city mayor himself.

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