I’m all for it, but the Gold Line light-rail extension from Pasadena to Ontario, a topic of today’s column, is very far from a sure thing. Hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe even billions of dollars, are needed, L.A. officials have other priorities and there’s no identified funding source.

Still, in the best-case scenario, the leg to Azusa would open in 2013 and the portion to Montclair in 2016.

The worst-case scenario? An asteroid would strike the Earth and wipe out life as we know it. Oh, and anyone still living would be a vampire.

I have my fingers crossed for the best-case scenario.