IRT Toby Allen,

Don't  you get it?  Extending the GET is a tax increase.   Extending the GET forever removes any accountability for the rail project.   And this is happening as HART staff sit in a million dollar office instead of working in a building constructed out where rail is being built.  

The mayor hasn't even been able to say how much rail will actually cost to build to Ala Moana.   By placing a time limit on the GET, the mayor will be forced to do his best to stay on budget or "be forced" to come back and ask the legislature again.  

By the way, what many tax payers do not realize is that property taxes are going up to subsidize rail operations when the train is actually running.  

And last, by making the tax permanent, our "wise" lawmakers are stuck having to raise other taxes to get money that the rail is sucking up.   Of course our state and city politicians never ever think about spending what they have.