tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post7568636960821255254..comments2023-03-25T02:17:56.058-10:00Comments on Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System: Civil Beat Credibility Is ‘On the Ropes’ by Relying On Public Opinion Polls with Flaws Big Enough To Drive an Entire Honolulu Rail Project ThroughDoug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post-19175964529492839242012-04-29T18:59:47.524-10:002012-04-29T18:59:47.524-10:00Doug, your math is a bit off. As the article you l...Doug, your math is a bit off. As the article you linked to noted, 40.5 percent is the percentage of registered voters who went to the polls. The article said there are 684,481 registered voters in the state.<br /><br />If you take the state's population (about 1.3 million) and take out those under the voting age of 18 (22 percent) that leaves just over a million, which means that nearly 70 percent of the population of voting age is a registered voter.<br /><br />Of course, only a small percentage of the registered voters were actually surveyed so it's a bit of a straw argument in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post-51578073000796807902012-04-25T16:24:03.792-10:002012-04-25T16:24:03.792-10:00Growth is going to happen whether they like it or ...Growth is going to happen whether they like it or not. Rail is the ONLY thing that make that growth reasonable and bearable. <br /><br />The residents that chose to be the first people to live in the Ewa plain. Their choice should not be made a mistake by inaction leading to an unforseen bad outcome of having the worst traffic in the country. It is one of the worst now, if no rail connected with growth; it will be the worst traffic in the country.<br /><br />John Katozatoichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187810749599584420noreply@blogger.com