"There will be no easy way to commute to jobs downtown, in Waikiki or at Pearl Harbor."

One more time: The train doesn't go to Waikiki or UH, or to traffic weary west side communities like Ewa, Waianae, or into Kapolei it was promised to. It runs from a developer's suburban sprawl to a luxury tourist mall owned by a tax-exempt REIT.  I would suggest that if a "small business" like Ala Moana Mall or mega-developer DR Horton want a train to inflate the value of their properties, they pay for it themselves. 

"And we all know how to complete the full rail system: approve an extension of the GET surcharge for rail."

We tried that already. HART and Mayor Caldwell assured us and the legislature that their GET extension wouldn't give them plenty of money to finish the project. It turned out they were either grossly incompetent or lying and it quickly came out, thanks tothe FTA that they were billions over budget and years behind schedule. Giving the clowns more money isn't the solution.