Yeah, we basically 'rewarded' them for  being way over budget and way behind schedule.  the original vote back in the 90's had this being completed by 2006.  That I remember as I voted for it then.  It was a 3.9 billion dollar project,  but as  Wikipedia puts it, "Sound Transit started out in scandal. The agency faced a crisis of financial mismanagement and poor planning, and federal officials ordered an audit in 2000 and pulled promised funding. After a series of executives resigned in 2001, Joni Earl took the helm and is widely credited with saving the agency. Largely, this was by being more realistic and being more honest with the public..."     I don't know what became of her, but it would  seem Sound Transit has reverted back to their 'scandalous' past after this latest campaign to pass this $54 billion dollar shakedown. Seems like they 'count on' voters having very short memories. I voted against it  and would gladly sign on for an initiative to repeal it