"You're the Mayor of Pittsburgh. Every pothole, every hazard listed on these notices is real. You've dug them up and laid them on the table."
"This means that whether Moretti approves the money or not, as the city's chief executive, you will ultimately have to solve this problem. You have to fill these potholes, no matter what."
"Pittsburgh's finances are already paper-thin. What happens if the city treasury is completely drained to fix these thousands upon thousands of damn potholes and to deal with the exorbitant lawsuits that could pop up at any moment?"
"Once the city declares bankruptcy, its municipal bond rating will plummet, police will go on strike over unpaid wages, and garbage will pile up in the streets."
"When that happens, Moretti can just wash his hands of it and claim he was protecting the taxpayers' money. But you, Leo Wallace, you'll be the one who exposed the wound but couldn't heal it—the man who ultimately brought Pittsburgh to ruin."
