How these beleaguered projects are being handled speaks directly to the transparency and trustworthiness of state officials.

Three for three: A trio of big government projects, the stadium, the rail and school air conditioning, are all delayed again.

The stadium postponement is understandable, kind-of sort-of, compared to the other two.

There are basically two questions about a delay. The most obvious, the one that gets all of the attention, is “why?”

But there is also “how?” How was the delay announced? How did the public find out? How candid or evasive are the bearers of the bad news?

Bad answers to the “why” question frustrate people. Bad answers to the “how” questions, though, really piss people off. They linger and add to cynicism that’s chronic already.

As they should. Because

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