This is the same thing the politicians fight about every time out here. Scottsdale doesn’t want light rail because it will help the “wrong people” get deeper into Scottsdale. Glendale doesn’t want light rail because apparently they just wanted to pay for the stadiums but not actually support any kind of development to take advantage of those stadiums.
Everyone else complains that the light rail is useless and doesn’t go anywhere so why should we pay to expand it.
This opposition is solely focused on opposing more funding to the light rail system and somehow being reframed about TSMC.
This is a two way street, err track. A good chunk of those "wrong people" don't want the rich neighborhoods well connected to them either because then their cost of living goes up and they are forced out and very rarely does that story end with "and my new apartment/commute/job was better". The property owners are the ones who really want the government money spent developing their area.
The really stupid thing about the light rail system, at least in the east valley, is that they could have run a line right up the middle of the 101 from South Chandler to North Scottsdale. Add a bus-fed stop every couple of miles, and that train would likely be packed every day with commuters. Instead, we added a carpool lane that does basically nothing for traffic, and the light rail continues to be basically useless for most people.
Everyone else complains that the light rail is useless and doesn’t go anywhere so why should we pay to expand it.
This opposition is solely focused on opposing more funding to the light rail system and somehow being reframed about TSMC.