All of the pol's, and some pundits, I feel need to understand that what we have here is not a comedy of errors, but a case of people having a complete lack of focus. From my perspective, here is what Rail is: 1. A project that is designed to spur land development along the entire corridor, to allow developers to come in and obtain a good return on investment of the one commodity this state has - land.. 2. Allow that land development to increase the overall tax take into the state over the long term; and 3. Design a system so that it can be promoted to potential companies and industries to come to Hawaii, open up employment opportunities for residents and, through employee with holdings and GET reporting, increase, more the tax take for government. 

Keep in mind that these might not be all the focuses of the system. but realistically these are the desired outcomes. Therefore, build a system to address this, and keep your eye on the ball - and work on all your acts, they are pretty lame