where have you been?  if you have kept up with the rail issues over the years, you would know what I am talking about.  lingle never signed the EIS for over a year, Abercrombie did after he became gov.  frivolous  suits filed by cayetano, et al, and the kelikini  delayed the whole project for about 2 years, resulting in additional litigation costs, delayed costs on exiting contracts and added cost for future contracts due to inflation.  hence, the rail project was unnecessarily delayed by these folks driving up costs.  If some were to measure all of the costs involved, it would like exceed a billion dollars.  everyone blames hart for the cost increases, but that is not all correct.  what these folks did was unnecessary and it only drove up the costs and they have no regret for what they did.  both suits were settled in favor of hart.