Those in the state legislature need to face reality. They do not need a briefing from the Feds to know that the rail project is not
economically feasible.  Even if there was money to build rail which there is not, just how is the City going to pay for rail's operating and
maintenance costs of a $100 million a year aside from its other obligations (roads, bus, handi van, health and safety etc). 
If the legislature does not put a stop to this madness, the City will without a doubt come hat in hand almost immediately to ask the
legislature for money to subsidize the rail. They have to also realize that all those with HART and the City who are advocating rail
will be long gone when the chickens come home to roost and many will have ridden off into the sunset laughing all the way to the bank.
And I suppose some of these legislators will also be long gone and  will escape the consequences of their action in going along with
the City's folly.