What are your thoughts on the lawsuits filed by Cayetano and Kaleikini in relation to the project's delay and the approval of the iwi study in phases?
those lawsuits by cayetano and kaleikini were frivolous lawsuits, both of them delayed the project for over 2 years, which equates to over $1.5 billion.  of the 57 claims by cayetano, only 3 were upheld, the other 54 were addressed in the EIS.  the other 3 were disposed of without action.  further, kaleikini's lawsuit was stupid because she had no proof the there were many iwis along the downtown route and it was confirmed when the city did the detailed analysis.  hart had obtained approval by the dlnr to do the detailed iwi study in phases, there were not trying to avoid doing it.  the silly supreme court ruled only technically that since the rail was one project all preliminary studies had to be completed before any work can commence.  it was a stupid suit because the people who were overseeing the iwi studies gave their approval to do the analysis in phases, there was no attempt to avoid the analysis.  the silly supreme court did not consider this fact, they only looked at the eis.