BATON ROUGE mdash; Mayor-President Sid Edwards' Chief of Staff position will remain unfilled after Lon Vicknair announced he would be taking a leave of absence as he runs for mayor of Central, a spokesperson for Edwards' office said Monday."However, the projects and duties will be handled by other senior staff," a spokesperson for Edwards's office said.nbsp;Decisions about the position and its future will be made after the election, the mayor's office added.According to publicly available payroll data from the city-parish, Vicknair made $154,000 in 2025 as chief of staff.Vicknair announced his candidacy to succeed Wade Evans last week.nbsp;Metro Councilman Aaron Moak and Central Councilwoman D'Ann Wells also announced their intentions to run for the office during the Nov. 3 election.nbsp;Permalink| Comments ...read more read less