A new ballot initiative was kicked off yesterday at Honolulu Hale, Ground Zero for the supporters of Honolulu's most expensive public works project proposal ever.... the $6.4 billion fixed rail system. Opponents converged on City Hall yesterday to kick off a new campaign to put the rail question to the ballot.
Stop Rail Now is a citizen's effort to place the following question on the November ballot as a City Charter amendment:
"Honolulu mass transit shall not include trains or rail transit."
Sounds simple enough, an up down, black or white initiative question that allows voters to take a side on the very divisive issue and make a decision on it one way or another. This is good as a huge decision such as rail should not be left to the politicians, and especially our dictatorial Mayor, Mufi Hannemann.
Stop Rail Now will need to gather more than 40,000 voter signatures in order to get the question on the ballot. The deadline to get this done is August 1. It will be a daunting task, but with the rail issue being more on the forefront of local headlines, the initiative effort will be a worthy thing to pursue.
There will be sign-up drives at various public events to get voters on the initiative roll as well as opportunities for citizens to participate in the process. Initiative forms are available for download at the StopRailNow.com website.
Rail is a very costly and bad thing that should not be allowed to happen in Honolulu. Studies have shown and the city supporters have acknowledged that fixed rail will not solve Oahu's traffic problems. It is time to scrap the Mufi Train.
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Photo: Spokesperson Dennis Callan speaks to the media on the StopRailNow ballot initiative.
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Phoenix, AZ is getting a light rail system put in as we speak, it only been a FEW years now that all this construction has been going on. It should be done in a year or two or three or more. Before we have flying cars.
If you think traffic is a bitch now, add light rail construction and experience the craziness of being re-routed on a daily basis.
Ya'live on an ISLAND, hello. Its not the roads - its the amount of automobiles.
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Hey Mel! Looks like we were in the same place at the same time! I almost missed your comment but I saved it and I'm glad I did! Nice job!
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