Sound Transit, like many organizations funded by taxpayers, has poor perspective and judgment when it comes to spending those tax dollars. As an example, over $850,000 was spent on a party last May to open the UW and Capitol Hill light rail stations. The problem with individuals who spend most or all of their careers in the public sector is  they have little sense of how difficult it is to raise capital since this money is "given" to them. Like a child, if you're given an allowance without working for it, it's likely you won't appreciate it. Therefore, knowing you can spend recklessly and still get more, the resulting benefits for the taxpayers are much less than they should be.
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