"Rep. Sylvia Luke, chairwoman of the House Finance Committee, has been consistently opposed to giving Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell much more money for the rail project." Nope, Rep. Luke would not be giving money to Mayor Caldwell. The reason being rail will be providing a transportation alternative for tens of thousands of residents from Ala Moana to Kapolei for sixty to eighty years long after Mayor Caldwell and for that matter myself are dead.  Rep. Luke's choice is to fund or not fund a badly needed transportation project for the working class.