SHAPIRO ignores the real truth why everyone in th state government turns a blind eye to rail.  Caldwell, Mufi & Carlile are all Democrats in a state that is controlled by Democrats.  Every Democratic politician has the same union and business supporters. So no one in Hawaii's government is ethical or strong enough to go after their own as long as that person doesn't threaten their power base like Ed Case tried to do. Now if Djou were mayor and managed rail the way Caldwell has, the city counsel and state legislature would have appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether there has been fraud and corruption in the rail project.  Certainly the legislature would at a minimum have annual audits of a Djou rail project as part of any funding grants. Suspiciously, no one in the legislature has even mentioned an independent audit of the Caldwell rail project.