DDC is one scary legislator.  His decisions are based on political opportunism and his own ignorance, look at his City Council voting record, especially as council chair.
He is no architect, but an architect student at UH.  I'm curious to see how much back scratching he'll do for the University of Hawaii as the new WAM Chair while pursuing his graduate degree studying architecture, of course there's no conflict there...
He's careless with money, especially when it's our taxpayer money. As the former Mr. PLDC, he's now bailing out Castle & Cooke buying up all their fallow Ag lands in the North Shore and giving this developer land exchange opportunities to own prime State lands as "TOD opportunities".  Watch him & the legislation he introduces very carefully.  The Senate just voted in the fox to guard the hen house. I'm amazed the environmental community isn't screaming in horror.