I’m going to admit something here. I really didn’t understand the Greyhound bus controversy until last week. I hadn’t been following it all that closely and I assumed that the grand jury would do its thing and either indict former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton — or not — and then maybe all the juicy evidence and details of alleged wrongdoing would spill out.
And then I went to MATA’s specially called December board meeting to approve the construction contract on the new airport-area bus terminal, and realized that the between the city, the state, and the federal government, the taxpayers are essentially buying Greyhound a brand new facility.
Now, to be fair, Greyhound is paying $2.5 million for construction of the facility.
But the federal government is paying $10.3 million, the state $2 million, and the city almost $1 million.
