Bullies can't faze Ben Cayetano

[msongs]

1. typical corporate bilking of taxpayers, whether one thinks rail is good or not....

bid low then jack up the cost 3 or 4 times due to "cost overruns".
train cars NOT made in the USA.

Meanwhile the land owning corporations are turning all the farm land into condo projects with impunity and rubber stamping from elected officials.
Next thing you know they will be wanting to put up 40 story condo towers near Ward Center for rail centered population density....oh wait, they already are.

The main good thing I can say about rail in Honolulu is that it would be fabulous from a tourist marketing standpoint - "Let's go to Hawaii and ride the train".
As a quickie tour and half day event riding the train to and from its end points would be a great thing to do and the tourist market would make up a huge proportion of ridership.

Of course the main thing to do here is to...follow the $$$.

Msongs
Diamond Head