Now, it's my understanding that Siemens—though they're not here to speak for themselves—met with Mr. Baird and warned him there would be cost overruns if he intervened in the contract this way. The city was certainly concerned about the financial penalties they would face from this intervention.
The reason given for this intervention was that the government was concerned about cost overruns. But did this become a self-fulfilling prophecy at the end of the day? Has the city been faced with higher financial penalties because of this interference?