I think this is the result of a number of issues.
1) A populace that won't vote for anyone else
2) A leadership race where the 2 front runners were so polarizing that the supporters of each voted for anyone other than their opponent (would we be here if either Dinning or Morton won?)
3) A previous leader who cut programs to the bone (as he needed to do) but didn't have a plan in place to catch up when the fiscal crunch ended. You can only repair assets for so long before maintenance costs are greater than replacement costs.
And here we are.
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