A few years back, Carl Levin tried getting $20 million from highway funds to save Tiger stadium. He justified it by claiming a bus stop could be built into the place.
The fact was that the place was 80% on the ground when he asked for the money. He knew damn well he wasn’t going to save the stadium, he was just grabbing for the money.
Yup. Crooked. But you got your stadium anyway, everyone was happy, and he probably got lots of attaboys for doing it... while the city continued to have traffic congestion problems and pot holes?