City missteps cast doubt on direction of rail project

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 03, 2011

~~<p>Many of us the city writes off as anti-rail aren't against mass transit at all. We just have doubts about the ability of our elected officials to run the biggest public works project in Hawaii's history in an honest, competent and cost-conscious manner.</p>
<p>We've had the state needlessly run up the cost to Oahu taxpayers by skimming 10 percent of the rail excise tax to pay for nonrail projects statewide.</p>
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Many of us the city writes off as anti-rail aren't against mass transit at all. We just have doubts about the ability of our elected officials to run the biggest public works project in Hawaii's history in an honest, competent and cost-conscious manner.

We've had the state needlessly run up the cost to Oahu taxpayers by skimming 10 percent of the rail excise tax to pay for nonrail projects statewide. Login for more...