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According to Joe

Joe Gedan

The price isn't right

Rail will favor only a few

At the cost of a couple of billion.

If it grows the cost will accrue

It could rise to perhaps a zillion.

It's not a price we can afford.

Unless suffering from fiscal atrophy.

If we do proceed, we should award

A white elephant as the mayor's trophy.

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays.

gedan@hawaii.rr.com

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Inside | July 20

Editorial

» Best teachers should take on neediest kids

» Choose a better way to teach medicine

» Corky's Editorial Cartoon

» On Politics: We the people

» Kauakukalahale

» Gathering Place: The many Meanings of Taro

» Transit Matters: Public vote on rail system

» According to Joe

Hawaii News

» Young voters flex political muscle

» More local campaigns beef up 'Net presence

» Hawaii leads US for cancer survival rate

» Turtle found slaughtered

» More help urged for isle reef systems

» File describes slaying and suspect's capture

» Carrier sets sights on subs

» Dad, daughter follow the law

» Deployments destroying more families

» Newswatch, Police/Fire

» Kokua Line: Fans' tips can snare

» Corky's Hawaii

» In the Military: New tour for Guard

» What the Heck? Racing the open sea

» Facts of the Matter: Recycling

» Island Images

» Vital Statistics

Features

» Camp helps foster siblings connect

» Beyond misoyaki, a better butterfish

» Ditko's Strange World in Marvel, beyond

» Confronting modernity at PNG gallery

» New book releases from Hawaii authors

» Honolulu Lite: Running of the... Mongooses?

» Weekly Eater: Returns July 27

» Yoga For You: Paschima Namaskarasana

» Scrivener's Sudoku: King Kam. Hula in Japan

» Sunday Comics: Murakami's Calabash

Travel

» Ferry transport to Maui included in luxury deal

» Isle Hopping

» Hawaii's Back Yard: A visit to Hana, Maui

» Airfare Rates

Sports

» Wright-Jackson is ready to show his stuff

» Hui Wa'a crews earn state spots

» Add disqualified to Wie's woes

» Press Box: Wie's careless error

» Press Box: Hard hits won't keep on coming

» Water Ways: Help is on the way for Ala Wai

» Life in the Minors: Break is a good breather

Business

» Permits threaten wedding industry

» Hawaii real estate sales

» Secrets to Success

Columns | July 20

Corky Trinidad

June Watanabe

In the Military

Gregg K. Kakesako

John Heckathorn

Facts of the Matter

Richard Brill

S-B Photographers

Charles Memminger

Ray Madigan & Shelley Choy

Weekly Eater: Returns July 27

Nadine Kam

Hawaii's Back Yard

Cheryl Tsutsumi

Paul Arnett

Ray Pendleton

Dave Reardon

Life in the Minors

Brendan Sagara

Secrets to Success

Deborah & John-Paul Micek

Editorial Cartoon

Corky Trinidad

Richard Borreca

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