During a work session presentation about bonds, the City of Asheville’s CFO, Ben Durant, continued to remind members of city council that the budget was tight and the economy was unstable. For the most part, members of council saw the light and got past the I-wants. In spite of the presence of several grant-seeking members of the Greenways Commission, whom Councilman Jan Davis said it would not be nice to refer to as an elephant in the room, council opted out of planning for a bond referendum this year. Though Mayor Terry Bellamy has historically expressed much interest in Tax Increment Financing, not a peep was uttered about the nefarious practice Tuesday.