Here's hoping Mayor Parker gets control of this near-rogue agency
METRO wants more land and more money.
Who ever would have seen that coming (aside from folks who are always derisively labeled "METRO critics" in the typical METRO cheerleading stories/blog posts)?
The Chron story did feature this bit of amusement from David Wolff:
“We are transparent. We are accountable. Those who say we are not are not well informed,” he said.
Baghdad Bob was more credible.
UPDATE: Barry Klein's comment on the Chron.com story is worth reproducing in its entirety:
At yesterday’s board meeting the Metro chairman admitted that four rail extensions will cost $1.5 billion. Combined with the $1.5 billion for the University line, the fifth extension, announced in December, the cost of the 30 mile Metro rail project is now $3 billion. Six years ago Metro won a referendum claiming that 22 miles of new rail in five corridors would cost $1.2 billion. All this was explained to the Metro Board.
So...instead of reading about the $1.8 billion difference between the cost projected on election day in 2003 and the cost today, and the several people who asked the Metro board for a new election because of the higher cost and other changes, we are reading about a relatively small amount of $100 million added to the 2009 contract for four corridors...Why is that fact more noteworthy than the additional $1.8 billion budget busting difference in the cost of five corridors?
Good question.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/22/10 08:53 AM | Print |
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