It's clear that the Vice Mayor has her own personal agenda per the chickens. Long story, but the previous owners of our house had her childrens' 4-H chickens taken away because of her in 2004-although they weren't living in this house at that time, they were across the street from the Vice Mayor. The Vice Mayor lives in a house that takes up half a block, it's hard to imagine that noises from hens across the street were that bothersome. I can certainly see that the person we bought our house from and the Vice Mayor might have had some personality clashes though.
When I was working on this back in May, I emailed the Vice Mayor twice, and never even received a form reply-I guess she really is working for the citizens of this town:/