Liberty, capital markets, profit appreciation, investment are not free, despite that Hawaii's politicians think otherwise.  Clearly, for those private owners damaged, there is no longer the freedom to delay their property's improvements.  UNLESS, there is some fortuitous public safety POLICY that makes all of us other taxpayers pay for their appreciating private property expenses?  Windfalls?  But, wait.  What public won't gasp over graphic pictures of dead and wreckage embellishing a victim's horror story?  Pictures of gridlock fed to long infuriated commuters fanned the emotions that brought us a premature Rail lacking real financial planning.  Perhaps emotion can do the same here, again, while we yet have the Rail mayor?