During the Planning Stages it was suggested that the City buy the land around the proposed rail stations and allow P3 development of the Station lands for parking and housing.  It would also have provided future "perpetual  revenue for operation of rail".  Also, I and many others objected to rail starting out from Kapolei rather than from downtown out.  How many people will ride rail from Kapolei to Waipahu?  Many more would ride rail from Waipahu to Downtown and revenues would begin at least 5 years earlier.  However, Hanneman and Caldwell totally ignored this and opted to give away the benefits to their supporters and developers. e.g. What happens to transit oriented development at Ward Village if rail started downtown at Aloha Tower?   The Ward Villages could not have been built and hundreds of millions of dollars would not be lining the pockets of the Texas company.  In my opinion it was not mismanagement it was "planned" management - "give a little to my friends."   Too cynical?