Kudos V. Craft.  I grew up here and have seen go from bad to worse, particularly in the last decade.  Our mayor's and city government started down their own personal egotistical path starting with Harris, who wanted to beautify the Ala Wai by eliminating a key lane of traffic for weak coconut trees and cut out parking.  He neglected basic infrastructure  much like Mufi, who started the rail project.  Now Crooked Kirk who through his mismanagement and out right lies has doubled the original cost and wants us to pay for it rather than take responsibility.  That's the local political way, particularly when you have a one party system.  
We need to let him the city council and the State legislators know we won't take anymore tax increases.  The problem with government is not that they don't have enough money, the city has a $2.9 billion budget,  It's that we get so little for our money because of union corruption.  No bang for the buck is the real issue.  It all gets siphoned off!