Rail is more a political certainty by now.  A property owner's Imagining otherwise is mere fantasy.  So, local resident property owners must now push for jacking up hotel taxes as best case and then GET next.  Now that it's "dog eat dog," local homeowners wish for anything to keep the Mayor away from making them pay for Rail.  Homeowners won't sacrifice themselves for tourists or even the spending public.  If the Mayor is going to screw anybody for his inordinate risky vision, make him answer to the tourists and leave us struggling homeowners alone. And since Rail is to reduce the impact of number and frequency of cars using the roads, it would be fair to lower vehicle taxes as well.