Lies on Tape

Two months later, on January 30, the two men met again. Paul was just putting the finishing touches on his audit report, which he would release to the city council 12 days later. "I again met with John Ware and reviewed my forthcoming report summary," Paul wrote on the same piece of paper. "Very little was said."

On March 3, when Keheley announced that he was resigning after 19-1/2 years with the city--and only 18 months as first assistant city manager--a Morning News reporter asked Ware if Paul's arena audit was responsible for his deputy's departure.

Ware steadfastly responded: "It didn't have anything to do with that.