What's transit got to do with it... except a 'license to steal"? You think the wealthy who buy into this development will use public transit?  Even more of a license to steal is nearby Ala Moana Beach Park; taking care of the "publicly accessible and usable spaces” criteria, and on not on the developers' dime. (Did you really think the mayor was fixing up the Park for us?) Lucky us, one more public area overrun by tourists.

And the developers' giveback is maybe they'll build housing for the local serfs over the swell location of a parking structure? Whoopee!!

Really, LUC and DPP, this is just what we need... more luxury housing and hotels to push out local businesses and transform our city into overly high, overly dense Hong Kong II, putting more strain on our limited water and utilities. It's time to say NO to more tourism and more luxury highrises!

The fear used to be Waikiki creep; now it's also gentrification creep. We need housing for our people, and our government gives us ...