It's not “he said, she said”. I think the issue we have to contend with at committee is your political prudence, your judgment, the fact that you were looking to hit the jackpot, that you felt you hit the jackpot, and you never bothered to talk with the city.
In the media, you consistently painted the city officials as undermining, lying, and misleading, when their own documents say they were trying to respond to the request, because they didn't know what you were asking. You told them it was for due diligence, when clearly you were telling us you were looking for the one clause to intervene with this contract.