(above) a "leader and able to tackle difficult problems "

Just in case anyone has forgotten
Remember, we have a Rail that is BILLIONS over Budget.

"Hanabusa to serve as HART chairwoman"
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/04/21/breaking-news/hanabusa-to-serve-as-hart-chairwoman/
"HART board members unanimously voted to appoint the former Hawaii congresswoman to that post today, "

She had the opportunity "to tackle a difficult problem"
Then she bailed out to run for congress
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/06/hanabusa-should-resign-from-hart-board-to-run-for-congress/
"Attempting a run for Congress and attempting to run the HART board simultaneously virtually assures that one of those jobs will be shortchanged."

Yep, we see how that turned out.