The  original price tag was $12M, not $15M, thus the price tag has increased by 125%. This low-ball starting price tag was purposely put out there by our incompetent, dishonest city manager to put a stop to talk of simply retrofitting the existing city hall. Since that didn't shut people up, he rushed the council to demolish the old building just before these rapid rises in the projected cost of his new building started coming out.

Of course this city council won't alter course. They exist in an echo chamber that has no opening for reality, particularly with George Brown stepping down. They have no idea that they have no credibility with the public at large.