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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The city does not have funding for this. It wants to do it, but it doesn't have the budgeted funds for it. In theory it may not have the funds for 10 more years or longer. They didn't have Green Line funding until the Feds step in with an election bribe the needed funds to get the project going. Right now that $200 million technically isn't real, it's theoretically going to be in a city budget in the coming years.
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Just remember the city plays those cards deliberately.
Nothing of significance is announced with funding. The mayor (any mayor, not just the current) is never going to give away a chip to go back to the Feds, the province, or ultimately taxpayers. It's just how they roll.