For some reason, though, the taxpayers are still here to keep writing checks. There have been no surprises since the Indians and Cavs signed their leases. Subsequent events didn't change the financial picture. Everything about the overruns and ongoing financial pressure has been utterly predictable since the time of Chema's command. It's as if someone had dropped a big rock from the Terminal Tower and then expressed shock and amazement that it hit the sidewalk.
Regular adults know about cause and effect.
It's no mystery. Politicians and media people are the ones who have trouble with it. It's not shocking that a respected publication like Crain's would hype the Gateway project in 1995, neglecting the glaring lack of a sensible cash-flow plan, only to report on the project's easily predicted failure four years later. Nobody else would take the credit or blame for these opinions anyway. Go to Mark's welcome page.