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John Pritchett: Railroaded

If Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in Honolulu in 2006 when the rail cost was $3 billion, imagine his reaction upon waking 15 years later.

By John Pritchett

March 21, 2021 · 1 min read

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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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About the Author

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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Nice piece John.聽 Now we know what it means to be railroaded. I believe the actual question was do you want iron or steel rails.聽 Not if you want a rail system. Politicosput another one over on us. Remember VOTE them out.

6_Pence · 3 years ago

Mahalo,聽 John!聽 Appreciate the humor.聽聽

ahhnow · 3 years ago

Today's first page of SA, "State cuts welfare payments for 'poorest of the poor.'And yet our pols think nothing of taking their pay increases and pouring billions more into the ever-gaping maw of Rail.What will it take to get our politicians to finally become fiscally responsible and stop Rail to take care of our citizens -- not the deep pocket funders of their elections?

taueva · 3 years ago

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