It is a scandal because Terry knows full well this expense of $150,000 is solely to do a beginning phase of the entire Manklin Meadows project. What other who voted for this expense know or don't know is beyond me. I suspect they know little. 

Well, if you have no knowledge of what happened why are you commenting on it? 

Because in all other occasions when bids are received with differences there was a "leveling" process and the GM explained it to the board. I commented because it is normal procedure. 

What the board has voted to do is look at alternatives to what was in the original master plan and possibly move forward with Mr. Herrick's motion to use two existing tennis courts converted to four pickleball courts along with adding two paddleball courts.  Doing so will result in spending hundreds of thousands less money and bring about essentially the same end.

I'm surprised. You really haven't done the research.  Terry, Cordwell, Renaud, and Jacobs would have a real laugh seeing what you wrote. If that was truly their intent, then they would never have voted to spend $150,000 before finding out the results of what you say would save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It should also be noted that to accomplish the "same end" will also require additional parking down by the racquet center. Where do you propose the two new paddleball courts be located? Have you even seen the master plan?

You keep insisting the $150,000 has nothing to do with the master plan. Pure nonsense.