"They know what they have to do. They could have their jobs back tomorrow, if they wanted to," said one man, who also didn't want his name published.

Since the church meeting, Colorado City Mayor Dan Barlow, 71, has resigned and so has his older brother, Hildale Councilman Joseph I. Barlow Sr. Both men were targets of Jeffs' disciplinary action. Also disfellowshipped at the meeting was another brother, 80-year-old Louis Barlow.

According to the letter's author, Louis Barlow should be leading the FLDS church, not Jeffs.

"I beheld John Y. Barlow command unto his son to step up to his calling and to forsake his birthright no more, that his time of remaining quiet has passed, that he was chosen before the world was created to do an important work and that the time for his calling had come" the letter states.

None of the Barlow brothers could be reached for comment. Several sources said they have heard the brothers are renting an apartment in a St. George motel.

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