What is he thinking?

Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis has announced his 2007 budget. In that budget is $2.8m for streetcars to replace buses in Minneapolis. This is coming from the man that complained that he doesn't have enough money to fund more police to curb the escalating murder rate in his city.

Can someone please explain why funding streetcars is more important than putting cops on the street to protect the people from the thugs that are preying on the people of Minneapolis?