Honolulu mayoral election is referendum on rail

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HONOLULU (AP) — The race for Honolulu mayor in Saturday's primary election is a referendum on the $5 billion commuter rail line the city plans to build.

Two candidates — incumbent Mayor Peter Carlisle and former acting mayor Kirk Caldwell — both support the project. But former Gov. Ben Cayetano feels so strongly the city shouldn't build rail that he's come out of political retirement in an attempt to stop it…

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