I continue to be troubled that Civil Beat is covering for Djou by refusing to identify Djou as the author and chief advocate of the legislation which created HART.  Djou created HART.  Djou gave HART a blank check.  Djou gave HART the authority to build 34 miles of heavy rail from Costco in Kapolei to Waikiki and UH Manoa.  For a VERY brief moment in time, Djou voted against rail.  But then he became the most pro-rail member of the City Council.  He supports Transit Oriented Development.  He supported spending a fortune on rail by moving the route from Salt Lake to the more expensive Airport option.  And, to top it all off, Djou pushed for the creation of HART (and its powerless board of directors) which REMOVED RESPONSIBILITY for the rail project from City Hall and put this responsibility entirely in the hands of the newly-created HART bureaucracy.  HART is Djou's Obamacare.  The mismanagement of rail and the cost overruns and the blank check DEMAND context:  Djou is HART's founder.