Council Chairman Ron Menor disagreed and said a majority of residents would prefer to see the project built to Ala Moana, even if it means extending the surcharge. “The reality is the city needs to come up with a funding mechanism to extend the rail line to Ala Moana,” he said.

Looks like Ron Menor is completely out of touch with reality and needs to go too.  

The reality is that if HART and Mayor Caldwell and Ron Menor want to keep throwing our money into this bottomless pit, instead of making any effort to get control of HART's unaccountable and freespending ways. The struggling families who live here and work 2-4 jobs to keep food on the table and the lights on cannot continue to pay for this greed and incompetence.  

There is no reason to believe things will get better and Ron Menor and Kirk Caldwell denying the reality of the mess they got the people of Oahu into is just another indication of their complete inability to manage it.