1.   As long as the laws are unchanged, the government will spend whatever it takes to deliver benefits promised under these programs to anyone who qualifies.

2.   But Weiss, the councilman and a former prosecutor who voted against the measure, is concerned about crime and questions whether the company would deliver the revenues promised.

3.   He blamed the federal government for failing to deliver promised funds to buy more fuel.

4.   Local authorities blame the federal government for failing to deliver promised funds to buy fuel.