Councilman Manahan has heard testimony that changing rail technology will save local taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars for FULL MOS development.  Is he unwilling to support a pause of the project while ALL options for continuing or terminating rail are explored in depth by federal officials?  I presume he is aware that the majority of O’ahu residents do NOT favor a rail project that will cost $10 billion.  If he is concerned about the loss of federal funding, why is he not in favor of discussing options with the FTA?  Is it not time for this City Council to take a fiscally responsible role since neither the city administration nor HART seem interested in anything more than continuing to find ways to add to taxpayers’ burdens for rail?  Investigative reporting is needed from this newspaper, not propaganda.