Why are these excess lands being looked at as wealth generating assets?  Aren't they all just a part of the governmental pool?  Two things Hawaii has really done a bad job of dealing with is housing and education.  Ironic than the two should coalesce in a story about DOE poor management.  Thank goodness the DOE isn't involved in rail.  It would be worse.  Yes.  Worse.  Unfathomable.  But true.  With respect to housing, it makes no sense to talk about land valuations, selling and developing.  We all know what happens then.  The Developers wangle their ways into making whatever they build million dollar exclusive units, which then get traded on the Hawaii real estate market to foreigners.   The State and/or City needs to start  doing the right thing.  Make the land available for building of units that will be exclusively available for low income rental housing.  Let the developers build and manage for that purpose.  If the preferrred campaign donor no like, go to the next group.