Mayor Peter Carlisle talked a lot about savings today, and he also talked a lot about rail.
His positions on the two issues don’t necessarily jibe, so it’s interesting to see them come together in one speech. But that’s the State of the City for you.
Read my main analysis piece for the day, just published on Civil Beat: Mayor Peter Carlisle’s Tale of Two Honolulus
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