AFTER ALDERMAN Joe Kelly Levasseur issued a press release resigning as chairman of the city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen, emailed less than an hour before the board was to hold a special meeting with plans to vote him out of the post, some aldermen were left wondering exactly happened that night — and what happens next.

Levasseur’s departure from the position was unexpected by those who have followed the so-called “picklegate” saga in recent weeks, given how vocal he was in opposition to attempts to remove him as chairman.

It’s understandable why Alderman Christine Fajardo and others were left scratching their heads Wednesday evening on the steps of City Hall when no formal vote was taken by the board on any change in leadership.

And don’t tell Levasseur he resigned.

“For the reco

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