Realistically speaking, I could care less about what Mayor Kirk Caldwell says about the "rail funding effort" by the Stte legislature and it really just reinforces the belief that the City "screwed the pooch" when it comes to the transit rail project!

What continues to bother me about the rail project is how neither the state nor the City are listening to the people of Honolulu about actually coming up with a "plan b" to stem the rising costs of rail by reconsidering the "Middle Street plan" instead of building the rail all the way to Ala Moana center.  As it is becoming quite clear, that the rising costs of rail, will not slow down as it slides past the $10 billion dollar mark; nor has the City or the HART board come up with any contingency plans on how to pay for the operations and maintenance portions of rail, once construction is finished; meaning that the Honolulu taxpayers will still be on the hook, to shoulder the costs of rail! 

Time to Stop the Madness of Rail! Just say No!