Mayor Caldwell could not campaign on the merits of his record so he turned to political stagecraft, like massive media propaganda costing millions of dollars.

 Remember the 2012 $7M (at least) dirty smear campaign against Ben Cayetano, a liberal Democrat? Remember the insufficient ballots during election day? 

Remember the 2016 relentless media propaganda against Charles Djou as someone against Social Security and Medicare, which were not even city hall kuleana?  Remember the duplicate mail-outs of elections ballots and only 1 ballot scanner at many election stations?

And yes, this Mayor is a chronic liar. He fails fact-checks miserably because he speaks from both sides of his mouth. He does have one skill i.e. exploiting the vulnerable in our society for his own ambition and gain.