Poor "Rail On Time and On Budget" Caldwell.  He's held his breath until he turned blue, and he still can't get all the money he wants from the state.  So consider this:  Honolulu's property tax rate is $3.50 per $1,000 in assessed value, compared to $5.75 and $9.10 respectively for Maui and Hawaii Counties.  Raise your own property taxes so that Oahu taxpayers can be properly grateful to Hizzoner for his fiscal stewardship when they write those tax checks twice a year.  How on earth can we expect the City to get a grip if the state continues to bail out Caldwell every other year?  With this kind of encouragement, I can't wait to see what he'll need in 2019, or what sort of subsidy he'll want to actually operate this albatross.  Sheesh!