A Xmas wish

Happy Holidays!! There is a sign-in sheet when you go to lift weights. You have to fill out a sheet with complete information when you want a FOI request. Why not at the pool? It is curious that the Mayor and the Council, now that they know there is NO contracts or use agreements, only a handshake deal with MDAC, they are not DEMANDING contracts be put into place immediately!!? Does it mean they believe that handshake deals are sufficient? Does the Mayor or the Council even KNOW what the handshake deals ARE? Has it ever been discussed? After knowing the Optimist connection was a pure fabrication, how can they trust the City Manager's word on ANYTHING? He SAYS that Columbus and Reagan HS have paid $1500 each for the past 2 seasons, but there is NO proof of that being true, and he offers NO proof ? He SAYS that MDAC has paid a paltry $200 a month to practice at our pool but a review only finds 5 months accounted for out of the last 36 months! Perhaps he cannot find the records because several of them appear to be missing. In that case all he has to do is request MDAC to provide THEIR cancelled checks, deposit slips, and bank statements! Simple, no ?! Or perhaps the City Manager thinks that 5 payments of $200 out of the past 36 months is sufficient rent for the use of our pool, since he said he had NO IDEA what other pools charge for their pools ? If THAT is the case then he is just INCREDIBLY INCOMPETENT and should be allowed to "pursue other oppurtunities" elsewhere. Any way you slice it, the pool is just ANOTHER fiasco the City Manager is involved in that costs the residents a LOT of money. As this is Xmas and a time for being kind - set him free...Let him go, start with a clean slate, somewhere else. We simply cant afford him any more.