Im not going to excuse that, and was just trying to provide context as to why someone would support these things.

This also said Cleveland politics are fucked, the city is in insane debt with property taxes among the highest in the country in terms of percentage of assessed value. That means anything that requires new funding absolutely will lead to tons of people being evicted from their home. I don't know about this contract in particular, but there are a lot of things in the city that are desperate for more money that don't get it for the above reason.