The Triangle has for years had a drooling fixation on light rail. It doesn’t matter where it goes or where it comes from, just as long as it runs on overpriced rails through Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

But maybe the city fathers of the three points of the Triangle should not be so hasty. I would urge them to see what’s happening in Cincinnati, but you just know they don’t care:

And so witness the spectacle of Cincinnati, a city that is down on its luck and its population, faces a $50 million deficit next year, and is home to the worst mascot in the history of professional sports (see right), anxiously awaiting signs that the feds will shovel some money their way in a ridiculous plot to build a streetcar system in the Queen City.