It's still months and months before Commissioner Sam Adams moves up a floor at city hall and becomes mayor. But he's already got a mayoral-sized headache to deal with at city hall, with Commissioner Randy Leonard and Police Chief Rosie Sizer refusing to work together.

Earlier this month, Adams asked Leonard to study the police bureau—a clue that Leonard may be on deck to serve as the police commissioner under Mayor Adams.

I had my fingers crossed that we'd see a Police Commissioner Leonard—and not because he'd be the best suited for the job (which he might well be, but that's besides the point). Nope, I looked forward to all sorts of city hall drama, with straight-shooting Leonard bumping up against the hierarchical police department and a chief who's been around longer than most (with just two years under her belt).

I didn't have to wait long: Leonard and Police Chief Sizer are already going at it. It's such a soap opera, I'm half expecting Susan Lucci to make a cameo.

Kicking off the action, Leonard didn't invite Sizer to sit on his committee that's tackling Adams' request. "She [had] expressed to me that she could not work for me," Leonard explains—and he's not even her boss (yet).

She's invited now, but then Leonard went to a roll call at Central Precinct—part of his study of the bureau—and apparently ticked off Sizer by talking about bureau management (she'd sent a spy to take notes). "She's kind of thrown down a gauntlet," Leonard says.

Leonard has called off future roll call visits, but is still working on his report. What happens after that is going to shed a lot of light on how city hall will operate under Mayor Adams. Will Adams continue as expected, and make Leonard police commish? That may mean Sizer has to go: "It would be totally disingenuous of me to say, that at this point, given what's happened in the last three weeks, that I feel like I could be effective if I were put in that position with Rosie as the chief," Leonard says.

Or will Adams keep Sizer, head up the police bureau himself, and hope he has time for things he's more passionate about, like planning and transportation? (Forget a kiss and make up session. "It's not like there's anything to make up," Leonard says. "I'm staying away. [But] if she calls and says she wants to talk, I'm there.")

Given Adams' recent tendency to switch gears when ideas get politically dicey—see: Safe, Sound, and Green Streets, and the Sauvie Island Bridge move—I have a feeling this is one soap opera that's headed toward cancellation.