sentences:  Mayor Barry Smitrovich does criticize Monk for the detective's proposal of straightening out Lombard Street (a reference to a scene where Monk is talking to the mayor in the season 5 episode "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike").Smitrovich is concerned about the lack of policing out on the streets, and although Natalie states to Smitrovich that Monk won't work for anyone, Smitrovich says that he'll have "them" working "for" him.He wants Monk to be reinstated to the police department as acting captain of the Homicide division.