Ponchatoula police chief, mayor blame each other for prompting impromptu strike

PONCHATOULA — The police chief and mayor on Wednesday agreed on who's responsible for last week's impromptu strike by much of the city's police force: It's the other guy's fault.Chief Bry Layrisson says his officers aren't paid enough and that the city needs to provide more money to his agency. Mayor Bob Zabbia says the blame lies with Layrisson, and that that the chief is not spending the money properly."Once the budget is passed, adopted and then sent to the chief, he administers it