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Scal, I'd only be speculating about Solomon's source. What I will say is, consider who is helped and who is harmed by this information being leaked out.

Whoever it is, I would warn that most times, these things have unintended consequences that don't help anyone, politically or otherwise.

For example, I don't think it helps Solomon to go keep going after Avedisian.

As I mentioned above, Solomon is trying to hang the side agreement on Avedisian because he approved the original contract in 2012. Well, Solomon was on the council in 2012 and approved the contract, too -- does that make him at least equally responsible for the side agreement?

And as far as who is harmed by this, clearly this doesn't look good for the fire union -- but the city doesn't look all that great, either, having the FBI involved.

Nor does it look good for someone to be telling the mayor that the FBI is looking into the side deal, when the FBI's stated policy is not to confirm or deny investigations. [The FBI also takes a dim view, to say the least, toward people who talk about being interviewed.]

So, this situation is already being used to make political points before all the information has been gathered.