> Further cynicism could be layered in if you consider some of the blocks of donors (infrastructure contractors / RE devs / etc) and blocks of voters (union tra

> Further cynicism could be layered in if you consider some of the blocks of donors (infrastructure contractors / RE devs / etc) and blocks of voters (union transit workers & construction workers) who are recipients again of the spending but not the outcomes. It's probably best to think of an initial budget as a foothold, and that its ideal amount is low enough to be approved, but high enough to prevent the organization from changing direction after realizing that it's not going to be nearly enough i.e. to think in terms of "pot-commitment."