More on this tonight, but since there are details out on yesterday's Carousel Center shenanigans, I thought I should pass some along. You can read stories here and here.

• Open meeting laws were not broken. The mayor intentionally did not gather a quorum of SIDA so that the meeting would not need to be posted.
• The city's appeal was withdrawn by counselor Terri Bright at 8 a.m. at the mayor's request. Later in the day, the Common Council asked Bright to reinstate the appeal (since they also represent the city and were named in the lawsuit). She did so; the mayor found out through the press that it had happened, and he fired her.
• Even a councilor who supported the settlement deal was upset with the mayor for circumventing the council.
• Much of the council found out about the deal from the press, who called seeking comment.
• The Onondaga County Legislature's meeting was interrupted by the mayor in an effort to file a vote with the courts by a 4 p.m. deadline.
• The County Legislature decided not to honor a previous decision to follow the Common Council's lead on the settlement agreement, and approved 12-5 the items before it.

It's cliché to say one does not trust politicians these days. They turn back on campaign promises. They betray the public trust. Mayor Driscoll was applauded in November for successfully turning his campaign against Republican challenger Joanie Mahoney and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins into a campaign against the developers of the Destiny USA project. And one has to admire his cunning throughout the day yesterday. Of course, cunning is not something you want in a politician, nor is backpedalling on the single campaign issue that got him elected.

I'll be expanding on this stuff a little bit later – and I'm sure there will be more comment throughout the day from the Common Council and others. Keep an eye out.