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UPDATED: The proposal to raise hotel taxes and extend the GET next faces another vote by the full Senate on Wednesday, then likely House consideration.

Hours before the special session begins, the mayor called for renegotiation of the proposed tax increases so “we don’t have to come back again.”

While we’d prefer no more money go to the mismanaged project, it’s heartening that proposed tax increases include closer scrutiny of HART.

But critics say lawmakers should wait for audit results before handing billions more dollars to the troubled project.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and his City Council stalwarts are playing chicken with a political freight train.

Journalists need to continue demanding accountability and transparency from public officials responsible for the mismanaged, over-budget project.

State lawmakers also want to require an audit of the struggling rail project. Senate Ways and Means will hear the measure Monday.

While billing itself as a grassroots organization, the group represents business and labor interests that benefit from the project.

State lawmakers also want a thorough audit of the beleaguered project.

Readers offer their own visions for how we might best use the 20-mile line.