What's the Big Deal?

Citizens at City Hall (C.A.T.C.H.) reported that Councillor Brad Clark is turning to the freedom of information process to provide the public with audits of the city’s lease with the private company running the airport. When councillors received a copy of the 2007 review, Clark persuaded his colleagues on the economic development and planning committee that releasing it would help respond to public criticism that the rental payments were too low.

Councillors agreed to direct city legal staff to meet with Tradeport “and advise them that we are willing to sever out any portions that would be third party or proprietary interest and therefore would be exempted from the release to the public.”

In March of this year, the head of economic development, Neil Everson, reported that “Tradeport’s legal counsel is still in deliberations on this” and that a resolution could be expected by July. A new deadline for the staff report was set for September 22, but last week that was pushed off until December 1.
“I’m growing almost despondent on this particular file,” responded Clark to the extension. “I need to understand why it’s taking so long to get something that’s really in my mind not that difficult an issue.”

The general manager of economic development and planning said he didn’t have an answer.

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It sounds to me as though Clr Clark is making a reasonable request, that is in the public's interest, but is having to unduly go to extremes to have that request met. What do you think?