text: Fact check this: what is the current value of the back log of infrastructure CIP projects such as repair and replacement of City sewer lines, roads, water lines, rental housing, parks, housing for the homeless etc.  If the City were to complete all that is needed right now, the City would be broke.  So it is one big charade. The excellent bond rating is partly because cash is sitting in the bank instead of being spent on needed infrastructure improvements and City provided services. Shall we discuss categorically all services that the City is responsible for and if money is needed to fund say HPD, senior housing and related services, public transportation (excluding the rail) etc. Taxpayers are tired of hearing rhetoric and half truths by politicians. If the story is told, then please provide the true and complete facts. 
  And with respect to the rail project: I am requesting a true cost to complete the rail project and a line by line explanation of why the rail escalated by $3 billion.