It's a Pittsburgh story. The process helped doom the political careers of Dawida and Cranmer, and Murphy's neck is on the line in the May primary. But at the official ribbon-cutting, he will beam that the ballpark was worthwhile and hope some of the rancor that accompanied its birth will be forgotten. If the ballpark is a hit and the Pirates succeed and baseball gets its house in order, the complainers will be silenced. If it isn't voters likely will forget everything but their grudges.
Nobody gives much thought to how a diamond was formed as long as it gleams forever.
The debut is just the beginning, not the end.