“… Lathrop and Panza said there were not playing politics, were given short notice of a change that would require five pension trust board signatures in order to approve a needed transfer from a city account to an investment account  … Initially, some officials had simply said, “they’ll get paid on Monday,” but others asked them, 'Are they going to reimburse all the fees that would have to be paid?' Wilson said. 'It really would have been bad if they didn’t get paid,' he said.”