Martin Pulls Papers For Mayoral Bid
The Honolulu聽City聽Council chair has聽until June 7 to officially file to run for higher office.
The answer to “will he or won’t he” took a new turn Tuesday when Ernie Martin pulled papers to run for mayor of Honolulu.
The chair of the City Council has聽until June 7 to officially file, but he聽certainly seems to be taking the idea very seriously.
Martin has said he thinks he would make a good mayor.
Just yesterday, he sent out an email blast saying he would hold聽a telephone town hall that very聽evening, explaining:
The public’s trust in the $6.8 billion rail transit project is eroding, fast. In the last few weeks, I鈥檝e heard one familiar refrain: That the Mayor promised to build rail on time and on budget. Now, it is clear that neither will be true. …
Similarly, our homeless crisis is out of hand.聽 Despite the City Council鈥檚 dedicating more than $139 million to combat homelessness and develop affordable housing solutions, the situation in Honolulu has gotten worse. …
That is unacceptable. And I am going to change that.
Martin then promises, “You can look for some action from me in the coming weeks.”
Meanwhile, Mayor Kirk Caldwell opened his re-election headquarters over the weekend and said rail will be the No. 1 issue in the campaign.
The city’s audit of the project has, shall we say, stirred things up a bit.
