"It would be political suicide for legislators and council members to support rail at that point."

NO IT WON'T! Look at the history of bankrupt (D)etroit! It a perfect example of what's Honolulu to become! The sad part is there are more $tup!d on this island than the hard working and smart. What's even sadder is that no one managed to even gather a minimum of 5,000 signatures to start the impeachment process for the mayor which leads me to conclude that the bulk of the population won't do jack but take it up the a(*)