Dive summary:
- People in the Honolulu area say Los Angeles has nothing on them for terrible commuter traffic, and an elevated light rail line that's headed to final design was supposed to ease the pain of commuters from the east.
- Former Gov. Ben Cayetano has come out of retirement to say he wants none of it, however, and he's running for Honolulu mayor to take up the battle against the $5.2 billion project that is in line for $1.5e billion in federal aid.
- Cayetano argues that there are less-expensive solutions, that the rail line will cut the city off from its waterfront and that the project is a gravy train for engineers and contractors.
From the article:
Ben Cayetano — Hawaii's former governor, a legendary politician who had slipped from public life — announced he was coming out of retirement and running for mayor of Honolulu with one primary goal in mind: Stop the rail. ...
