BOSTON — Bulldozers are tearing through Franklin Park, and so is Mayor Michelle Wu’s credibility. Her $200 million White Stadium vanity project is leaving residents in the dust — literally — as City Hall rams through a deal that hands over public space to a private soccer team while taxpayers get stuck with the bill.

At Wednesday’s council meeting, At-Large Councilor Julia Mejia dared to do what most of Wu’s lapdog colleagues won’t: stand up and demand fiscal sanity. Backed by the NAACP, Mejia is pushing a $64 million public-only plan — a fraction of Wu’s bloated price tag — and refusing to let the mayor bury the issue under council rules.

“We have to do this in a manner in which we’re being fiscally responsible,” Mejia said, drawing a line in the sand as Wu’s allies tried to shut down debate.

Meanwhile, District 2 Councilor Ed Flynn also raised the alarm, warning that Wu’s numbers don’t add up: “They’re saying $100 million, I think it’s going to be much greater than that.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Wu pulled a masterclass in opacity: she refuses to reveal the full cost until after the election — despite running on promises of transparency.

Then came the real jaw-dropper that lays bare her tone-deafness: at a soggy press stunt at the site, Wu gloated, “We deserve this,” as if she’s gifting Bostonians a stadium they never asked for.

The rest of the council? A chorus of rubber stamps. District 6’s Ben Weber gushed about vague “community benefits” while ignoring the obvious — a private soccer outfit, Boston Unity Soccer Partners, scores a sweetheart deal to share the stadium with Boston Public Schools. Wu’s office insists the deal is legally binding. Translation: residents, sit down and shut up.

Mejia isn’t buying it — and neither should Boston. She vowed to return to her community partners and keep fighting for an alternative that doesn’t sell out Franklin Park to Wu’s vanity soccer experiment.

The message from residents is clear: this is not just about turf and bleachers. It’s about a mayor who refuses to listen, plowing ahead with a $200 million boondoggle while neighborhoods beg for schools, roads, and basic services.

Wu can spin it as “investment” all she wants. But to families watching dust clouds rise over Franklin Park, it looks like City Hall is burning cash on a stadium nobody asked for.