Thanks for the background, Roland.

Whoever negotiated these terms with OHSU and the developers should be arrested. I hope that both OHSU and the developers are just as legally bound to deliver a tram as the city is. If so, we should be suing them over this, not vise versa. If not ... then who slept through the contract negotiations? (Aside from all of us citizens, I mean. =)

Even barring any accusations of sneaky dealings, why did the city sign a suicide pact to build a tram no matter what it costs? That's just asking to be screwed.

Come to think of it, Roland ... could you put that contract on-line for the contract minded among us to look at? Maybe the city can get some free legal advice ...