No elected official can look the taxpayers of Oahu in the eye and say there is six billion dollars value (eight billion needed to complete rail minus two billion paid by our visitors) for rail instead of spending the money on our schools, airports, prisons, health department etc.  Six billion dollars for what?  What are the benefits of rail that are worth six billion dollars?  TOD development does not require this rail.  Ridership has never been discussed in public.
This is madness.