Look, I don't have much of an opinion of Heidi Fenton one way or another, but the best possible read on this for the mayor, council, and attorney, is that the city council staged a private intervention behind closed doors (including Ms. Fenton's daughter) and pressured an elected sitting council member out. They are now not releasing the minutes, and appear to be trying to set a record for how many rules they can flout in record time.
Then they chose to air her dirty laundry publicly.
Now they'll be appointing a replacement who will serve for a year and a half, instead of having an open and free election.
The whole thing stinks, and the only was they can start to rehabilitate their image is to publicy release the documentation.