I would correct you point out that the $200,000 per year is as a Territorial Savings Bank board member — not CPB. But yes, Mayor Kirk Caldwell makes a pretty penny and can easily afford to pay more property taxes.

The rest of the voting public — particularly the sick and elderly — can barely afford to buy necessities with the rail tax affecting their every day purchases. They will suffer through this reality until at least 2027. Not long enough for Mr. Caldwell — whose original request to the state legislature was an INDEFINITE extension of this tax.

Now he must choose between back-room dealing at the legislature and/or City Council Bill 42. My guess is, he’s going to need to buy a lot of manapua and malasadas for the staffs of Kymberly Pine and Ann Kobayashi — as both have declared rail effectively “dead” — code for “why should I vote for Bill 42?”