As failures our mayor, legislators, and governor have been to the people of Hawaii, the consideration of looking to the developer/private sector to bail out Hawaii's rail fiasco may be the best last resort.

The hope of saving the economic/financial integrity of the rail project has "left the station a long time ago" thanks to the inept management. Having been a developers myself, developers will not throw good money at a bad project, but there is a number that will make sense for a developer to be willing to participate. 

The focus is no longer in trying to recoup our losses, It's about CUTTING OUR LOSSES.  So doing a deal with a developer(s) to at least stop the bleeding makes sense.  I continue to urge that we don't cut short the route or the quality of the rail project.  And state and city government must accept that you are going to have to "bend over" to make the deal work for the developer...after all it is your fault!  Not a perfect solution...but it is a solution.