The fish rot begins in the head. Don't leave Mayor Kirk Caldwell out. 

Honolulu has a culture of chronic "You scratch my back, I scratch your back" that does not serve the public good. Often, it's the same oligarchy who controls and commingles special interests through different levels and areas of government.

FYI: Katherine Kealoha, then Director of OEQC, was the one who rubber-stamped the flawed Environmental Assessment ( EA) for the extravagant $13M Hauula Fire Station Relocation. It was one of the worst EAs filed. But Mayor Caldwell is still fighting 3 Hawaiian Kupuna - Iseke/Lessary/Ubando in federal court. The federal judge Leslie Kobayashi over this case is the Judge who sworn in Kirk Caldwell for his second term. The kupuna said they could hear the Judge saying to Caldwell, "We're proud of you" after the oath taking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlqXQJ_hHpk  ( The Mayor siphoned $4.6M federal HUD CBDG funds slated for low-income communities to fund this $13M pork project)