First off, I want to thank Civil Beat for looking into this issue, as it has been used as the ultimate bogey man for all the "issues" and "woes" we have with public and private construction projects on Oahu. 

With this, the public I feel needs to step back for a second and figure out how it wants to proceed. For instance, are we looking at the Mayors race to have whomever wins to solve this "problem"? Or, maybe, we need to have a deeper conversation on what we want our Oahu to be. 

Because, obviously, having everything that we want - new skyscrapers, a new rail system, top-notch infrastructure and enough nooks to house everyone is obviously coming with a price tag that is making at least 50% of the voting population here, nervous. 

And I think we need to figure out if that is a real problem, as Djou would like for us to think, or not, as this article debunks that thought.