I do not think that there is any question that rail will become a de facto state project.  The minute
the state legislature stepped into this mess and imposed the increase in the GET to help with
funding it became a step child of the state.  Makes me wonder how much money flowed
to the legislature to certain legislators to make that happen. If the legislature had stayed out
of this, the City and HART would have either folded their tents or greatly modified the project.
Unfortunately for us all, the legislature is again going all in for this disaster in the face of
overwhelming evidence that this project is a financial black hole which will suck every
source or revenue available and then some.