Menor makes it sound like the rail has to be built and the taxpayers will have to pay for it, one way or the other.  That's not true:  One option is to stop the bleeding and keep the construction within the money available (with or without the Fed's money, which is actually our tax dollars).  If we have to stop at Middle Street, so be it.  Nowhere does the City or HART show how they can lower the costs to keep within the money available; instead, it's always "just give us more money."  What makes anyone think that an extension of two or ten years would keep them from coming back for more?  Just say "no" now!