JK speaks the truth - without government subsidies a large portion of the 'development' would have never happened. The fact that the developments now pay taxes to themselves rather than the city isn't helping our situation. If light rail and streetcar riders had to pay their for how much the rides really cost, both systems would fall flat on their face. All of us subsidize the system that less than 10% of us use. Most of us don't have the extra time that it takes to use mass transit (add at least an extra hour per trip).

We have piss poor roads and crooks running rampant. We have elderly and disabled who need money to help them (not drug addicts) but instead we waste the money by subsidizing high price developments and an under-used transit system. Priorities are pretty messed up.