There is no need to ask “who thought this one up,” it is obvious Kapolei/West Oahu developers were behind it from Day 1. (Former) Honolulu City Council chairman Nestor Garcia was forced to resign because he was accepting bribes from these guys to fast-track rail! The City Ethics Commission found Councilman Garcia failed to disclose his conflict-of-interest when voting on 38 rail transit-related bills favored by Kapolei Chamber of Commerce!

In case you forgot, the Kapolei chamber was paying Nestor $60,000 in annual “salary.” To do what, exactly, is not known. This doesn't include the $30,000 a year he received as an officer for Dura Constructors — whose principal was also a manager for Ansaldo Honolulu — the company building the rail transit cars.

Basic math tells us the $90,000 total is MUCH MORE than Garcia’s City Council paycheck from Honolulu Hale. Certainly much more than the record $8,100 he was fined by the Ethics Commission. Who’s your daddy?