Lacking contradicting proof, we must accept City Hall’s most recent changed stance – the cleanup of the Culver City Ice Arena that they told us on Monday was so urgent, today is, well, not so urgent.

If not urgent, what is it?

I am not sure which one of us is experiencing more difficulty maintaining a straight face.

Inarguably in the matter of the state of the Ice Arena, truth and candor have been remanded to jail for an indefinite period.

Without question, City Hall’s credibility is taking a hit – needlessly.

In the most emotional, widest spread controversy of City Manager John Nachbar’s low-key tenure, he is masking a mysterious, abstract, vaguely explained document affecting thousands of skating families on the following grounds:

The community of Culver City is not mature enough, insufficiently sophisticated to digest the meaning of a Mystery Document described as an executive summary that allegedly presents the present state of the arena as a public health hazard.

“Trust us,” say the leaders of City Hall, “even though we do not trust you people.”

We are told that we have no choice but to trust a hometown government that is wildly secretive. Sounds like a woman I once married – before she and her marbles wound up in divorce court.

Mr. Nachbar told a journalist yesterday that if he wanted to know what was in the Mystery Document, he should file a Public Records request.

Of course.

That delays discovery of its contents long enough for further off-stage events to take place.

Meanwhile, the community wishes it were mature enough to merit City Hall’s selectively dispensed truth.