"Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell warned the money is “not sufficient” to cover the budget shortfall for rail."

I say this time, we take the Mayor at his word. If this latest "temporary tax" isn't enough, then it's time to pull the plug.

It is time for Mayor Caldwell to accept responsibility and actually do his job. It might be a good time for him to address where the hundreds of millions for operations and maintenance will come from, as well as addressing the costs of the missing electrical infrastructure.

If the State legislature's tax increases for the failed rail project aren't acceptable to Mayor "On TIme and On Budget" Caldwell, I say we believe him and save everyone a lot of time and the taxpayers a lot of money for a special session and YAPTT (yet another permanent temporary tax) and cancel the special session. Let Mayor Caldwell come to the taxpayers and FTA instead of trying to get the State Legislature to do his dirty work for him.