"Get ready for some cost-of-living belt-tightening, Honolulu."

Don't you mean, "Get ready for some cost-of-living belt-tightening, residents of Oahu?"

Because Honolulu, the city is doing the opposite of belt tightening.  They just staffed an "office of climate change" which will provide a bevy of cushy, do-nothing jobs whose recommendations will never, ever slow do the will of the developers and construction interests who own our city council and mayor.

Likewise, the rail project that hasn't cut a penny from it's bloated, out of control budget, and still sits ensconced in luxury highrise office space with reserved indoor parking to house a staff of space-fillers to do jobs that won't exist for another ten years.

The City and County of Honolulu has not tightened its belt, it has loosened it and is thinking about going back to the all-you-can-eat buffet for a 4th serving.