It was more than five weeks ago when Ikaika Anderson asked Toru Hamayasu for a detailed explanation for how it could possibly be less expensive to build rail columns and tear them down as opposed to waiting to build them.

The answer from Dan Grabauskas didn’t come until Monday, the same day that construction on the columns began.

Anderson is peeved at the turn of events, and just told Grabauskas he thinks starting work without explaining the calculations to the Honolulu City Council first was “a total slap in the face to this body.”

Members are now asking Grabauskas aboutthe bill that would increase the city’s line of credit as an emergency funding mechanism for rail. Ann Kobayashi said she’s going to vote against it despite her normal policy to vote for everything on first reading.

“I just cannot leave this and ask each person to co-sign a loan for HART,” she said.

Deliberations continue.