"The City garnered public support for rail by under-estimating construction costs, over-estimating ridership, virtually ignoring the inevitability of budget-busting operating costs, and outright lying about rail’s likely impact on energy use, visual environment, sound levels, burial sites and, most importantly, traffic congestion.

The City then pursued a morally corrupt strategy of spending so much money, signing so many contracts, and pouring so much concrete that the project would be past a point of no return by the time the public “got it.”"

Black Coffee: is any of the above not true? Is rail not five years and counting behind schedule? Is rail not $8 billion over budget and counting from the original promise of $2.7 billion for 34 miles made by the Mufster? Does the city not have no plan to fund operations and maintenance, much less a new power  plant? 

Who is the propagandist here? Your post makes no sense. Rail is a disaster of epic proportions - there is no denying that.