Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price says he has no intention of resigning from his job even as details of another incident in which he admitted he was driving a city-owned car when he wasn’t in condition to do so have become public.

“I’m not going to walk away from this job,” Price told Eyewitness News Northshore Bureau Chief Doug Mouton Thursday. "You can still do a job and have some problems. The ability to lead is not dictated by the problems that I have."

Price confirmed that in a 2006 incident he was pulled over and probably shouldn’t have been behind the wheel. He said he understands the scrutiny of those who question if an ordinary citizen wouldn't have been treated the same way.

Details of the incident come on the heels of the much publicized Causeway bridge incident in which Price admitted having some drinks prior to crashing through an arm at the toll booth.

Four members of the Causeway Police, including Chief Felix Loicano lost their jobs over the incident during which Price was not given a field sobriety test nor ticketed.

In an interview Thursday, Rafael Goyeneche, the Chief of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, said he recommends that Mandeville take away the city car from Price but stopped short of calling for a resignation.

Price said Thursday that he has received some angry calls but that he has had more that are supportive.

He also said that the incidents and the news reports about it have hurt his family, who feel he is being unfairly attacked, but Price said he created his own mess.

"It's an attack that's pretty justified when you do stupid things. I don't want to be the martyr here. What happened was wrong."