Now, you are 'stretching the truth'.  After HART awarded the contract for the Airport and Middle Street, Djou said clearly that he will honor all existing contracts.  That means heavy rail will go to Middle Street.  According to the FTA and HART, the rail project is OUT OF MONEY at Middle Street.  Perhaps you, "lumbernappy" have never been out of money.  The definition of "out of money" is not having $4 billion to blow on anything else.  The money is GONE.  All used up.  There is no $4 billion.  There's not even one hundred dollars.  It's all spent.  Therefore, ANYTHING Djou proposes to build (HOT lane, BRT, jetpack rentals, whatever) requires tax increases to pay for.  So you say the $ billion is "already collected via the GET".  What you pretend not to understand (but Djou does, so he's lying) is that HART (founded by Djou) has the full legal authority to use EVERY PENNY to build rail.  It would require a City Charter amendment to change HART's mission and its financial authority.