City needs to give more substance, not PR, to rail

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 15, 2012

~~<p>With public support for Oahu rail sinking as the city tries desperately to accelerate its construction schedule, Mayor Peter Carlisle writes off the disconnect as a public relations problem.</p>
<p>"I think we haven't done as good a job as we should have in showing people exactly what all the accurate information is," Carlisle said in response to a Star-Advertiser poll that showed rail support dropping from 53 percent in a 2008 city referendum to only 43 percent today.</p>
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With public support for Oahu rail sinking as the city tries desperately to accelerate its construction schedule, Mayor Peter Carlisle writes off the disconnect as a public relations problem.

"I think we haven't done as good a job as we should have in showing people exactly what all the accurate information is," Carlisle said in response to a Star-Advertiser poll that showed rail support dropping from 53 percent in a 2008 city referendum to only 43 percent today. Login for more...