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John Pritchett: One-Way Trip

Lori Kahikina’s future as executive director for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is an open question following a lukewarm annual evaluation and challenges in recruiting and retaining top staff.

By John Pritchett

May 12, 2024 · 1 min read

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John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

Lori Kahikina’s future as executive director for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is an open question following a lukewarm annual evaluation and challenges in recruiting and retaining top staff.

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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So many rail haters. Talk to me in ten years when the the rail and it's surrounding areas are booming. Just an incredible lack of vision by many. The same was said about the Erie Canal when it was being built.

moc · 2 years ago

Why not let the homeless design the system, they are just as qualified as who is there.They will increase ridership

Surferdude · 2 years ago

Its utterly unbelievable how this rail boondoggle never ends… No riders, construction cost over runs, construction infrastructure snafus, poor leadership from day one & it goes on and on… The only winners are contractors building it and politicians two decades ago who supported rail and garnered votes from it… They stated we have a "mandate" - that mandate was 51% for & 49% against - not exactly a mandate. Those of us who opposed can now say "we told you so" as a consolation… sad just sad - we could have most likely built many brand new public school campuses with what it will cost us to finish rail… As my buddy calls it "The Mufi Choo Choo Train" .

pcbroda · 2 years ago

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