In December, the Weekly broke news on a truly cringeworthy moment in the ongoing effort to produce an environmental impact report on the Monterey Downs project. That moment: In response to a Public Records Act request, the city of Seaside accidentally released a confidential attorney memo that discussed the fact there isn’t enough water for the full build out of Downs, the homes-and-horse-track project proposed for development on part of the former Fort Ord. As a result of that accidental release, and the subsequent reporting by this newspaper and other media, the city decided to hold off on releasing the draft EIR that same week.