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Elderly waiting for Lawmakers to choose. A lot can happen when no one is watching. That seems to be the case with the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority. The chairman and another member of the authority's board, as well as its executive director, spent two to four days at a casino resort just weeks before the board ditched Zoo Atlanta as an aquarium partner to clear the way to continue talks with the businessmen. This week, as the authority prepares again to discuss a possible aquarium deal, details about the September trip remain a mystery, though the city ethics code requires reporting such gratuities.