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Will Caron: Field Of Dreams

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By Will Caron

March 23, 2025 · 1 min read

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Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonists.

(Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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From the sounds of things at the legislature they are getting closer to approving this nightmare. We will be at the mercy of one vendor with change orders. Rail Fail 2

Concernedtaxpayer · 1 year ago

The Rube Goldberg analogy is way too true for such projects.Even if completed as Carr imagines, with robust development around the stadium itself, such complexes in most cities never pay for themselves. Let private money take over if they are so keen, and leave citizens out of it.

jimiray22 · 1 year ago

Except you’re missing the $350 million elephant in the room—the "revenue generating" source Stanford Carr needs to pay for NASED—a casino (which was included in his plan.)Hence all the surveying, polling, and new pushes for casinos, gambling, and gaming in Hawai’i. All so Stanford/NASED can pencil out the $350 million portion of the total cost.

Shibai · 1 year ago

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