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Youngs, to his credit, did ask the tennis guy for SOME form of records, etc. to justify the 20k they are giving him every year. The tennis guy does seem to be doing a good job revitalizing the tennis programs and offered a few numbers to that effect. The idea was to subsidize him for a year to help him get started, and that year is up. If hes doing as well as he says he is, perhaps he doesnt need the subsidy any more. Youngs was right in that he should offer SOME justification for receiving the subsidy, some form of official accounting to show that the subsidy is still needed. He balked at offering that on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, saying he would have to think about it. He seems to be, by all accounts, a good guy and is doing a good job, but STILL needs to be accountable. Its a new concept, accountablility, for this Council and Mayor to wrap their minds around, but much needed. Having anybody who works for the City be accountable to anyone but Gymbo is a totally alien concept and has never been tried before, so perhaps Youngs can make this small step toward real transparency and accountability his final contribution as a Councilman. Garcia was very unhappy with the idea of actual accountability happening, maybe, and headed it off before it could occur. He is perfectly willing to give away our 20k without ANY evidence that it is necessary AGAIN, because "Costs are irrelevent" and "immaterial" still seems to be his motto. That attitude, coupled with his effusively praising the City Manager for his hires after the Giglio fiasco, suggests that its a good thing hes not running this time because he seems to be losing his grip on reality. The idea of any actual accountability happening seems to be an alien and threatening concept to him and he resists those possibilities at every oppurtunity. Come on April. Dr. Mel P. Johnson