Questioning the mayor’s priorities, Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia asked why the city can’t divert funds from its $200 million White Stadium soccer plan to build an addiction recovery campus to relieve Mass and Cass strain.

Mejia, an opponent of the city’s public-private plan to rehab White Stadium for a new professional women’s soccer team, said an addiction recovery campus would “benefit the entire city of Boston, not just certain parts.”

“I’ve always got to be a little petty with the purpose here real quick,” Mejia said at Wednesday’s Council meeting. “If we really want some money, you know there’s $150 or $200 million being spent on White Stadium that we can easily transfer over to this recovery center. If we’re really serious about meeting the moment, I would just say that there’

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