KHON2: INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR READY TO TURN THINGS AROUND FOR HONOLULU RAIL PROJECT →

No more surprises — that’s the goal for the new head of the Honolulu rail project. Click here to read the full article. 

STAR-ADVERTISER: USE TAX SURCHARGE EXCLUSTIVELY FOR RAIL →

Regardless of where they stand on the city’s elevated rail project, voters must be livid about Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s latest attempt to secure the added funds needed for the project: a big, unauthorized giveaway of taxpayer funds. Click here to read the full story.

STAR-ADVERTISER: MAYOR PROPOSES LARGER SHARE OF RAIL TAX FOR STATE →

If state lawmakers will agree to extend the half-percent excise tax surcharge on Oahu to provide desperately needed funding for the city’s rail project, the city would be willing to share the tax revenues from that surcharge with the state, according to a pitch made Tuesday by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and City Council Chairman Ron Menor. Click here to read the full article. 

STAR-ADVERTISER: SUPPORT COMPLETION OF RAIL TRANSIT LINE →

In a few days, the gavels in the state House and Senate chambers will fall and our Legislature will be back in session. It may be one of the most important sessions in recent memory, one that will test the resolve and vision of Hawaii’s political, community and business leadership. Click here to read the full article.