@Ronin006:  Said contract is only legally binding if both sides make good on their side of the deal.  Technically, Hawaii has already breached the contract which means the Feds if they choose to do so can ask for their money back and pull out of the project.  All of this posturing by the City and State may already be moot.  My question to our legislature is if the Feds do pull out, do we cancel the project or do they raise taxes even further than some of the proposals that they are talking about now?  Is a 1% GET tax increase in our future because people are too stubborn to realize that putting more money towards an unaffordable project is unsustainable and will push the true middle class out of this state?