It would restore public trust. He admits he has been stubborn, but that shouldn't come as a surprise. We need to accept the Supreme Court decision on public financing. I've laid out a very good compromise to get the bridge built. I'm telling them if we don't have public financing, the bridge doesn't get built.
Time is the wild card.
There's no debate that the state can get a better interest rate than United Infrastructure at any given time. But the project is ready to go. Oke's bill would unleash it now. Chopp's plan would take a while to put in place. Meanwhile, labor and material costs go up.