What the heck is going on at the Sierra Club? By making the controversial decision to support heavy rail but not endorse a candidate in the Honolulu mayor’s race, “at least for the time being,” the club appears deeply divided and confused. Hawaii residents count…
HONOLULU, July 12, 2012 – Continuing a pattern of ridiculous, slanderous and baseless attacks, the already discredited Pacific Resource Partnership has begun airing television ads alleging that while in office, Governor Cayetano “gave tax cuts to the rich.” Yet here are the REAL facts: – The…
With the budget battle heating up in Washington, Carlisle, Caldwell and other train boosters planning on $1.55 billion in federal money to help build the elevated railway better come up with another plan. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in a sign of things to come, cut…
The perennial problem associated with public transportation systems is getting people out of their cars. It’s not that they don’t favor such systems. They do but for the other guy. Most of them are not about to forego the convenience and freedom of commuting by…
BEN CAYETANO’S RESPONSE: Ben Cayetano As I told Civil Beat yesterday, the specifics of my BRT plan will be unveiled in the upcoming Sunday issue of the StarAdvertiser (June 3, 2012). CB notes that Honolulu was ranked No. 1 among the top ten cities with the…
FIREFIGHTERS UNION RETALIATES AGAINST ITS OWN RETIREES FOR ENDORSING BEN CAYETANO · The Hawaii Firefighters Association (HFFA) and the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) has retaliated against the Honolulu Fire Department Retirees Association because they endorsed Ben Cayetano for mayor. · In a letter to Honolulu Fire Department…
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Making Waves: A Hawaii Perspective on Washington Politics by Daniel de Gracia HAWAII, April 17, 2012 – With the federal budget projected to rack up an additional $4.6 trillion in debt by the year 2017, talk of tax increases refusing to go away…
Trains are certainly no guarantee of traffic relief, as evidenced by the latest Inrix National Traffic Scorecard. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/152617565.html Nine of the ten most traffic-congested cities in America have rail systems. And a train also wouldn’t help Oahu, since federal and county transit officials agree traffic would be…
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