"Your failure to plan does not constitute an emergency on my part," said the federal government to the hapless and inept Honolulu city leaders. Moofi and Cladwell wanted to stick it to the taxpayers - get the ill-conceived rail project so far forward, that it would not make sense to stop. The two buffoons have succeeded and have stuck Hawaii taxpayers with a financial mess that will hit generations of taxpayers. The state will cave and extend the excise tax into perpetuity. And guess what? That still will not be enough to pay for operation and maintenance (which incredibly the city has still not released a plan of how they will pay for that), the construction of a new power plant, and the added costs of building to Ala Moana. The city may well run out of money just trying to reach Middle Street. Reaching UH someday is a pipe dream. This is a disastrous project that would have never happened had Hawaii's people paid attention and voted. Rail. You suckers wanted it. You got it.