Harimoto: 'God Intervened' In Dispute with Mayor

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Honolulu City Council Transportation Chairman Breene Harimoto says God stepped in and helped ease weeks of mounting frustration over the way the administration has handled the city's $5.5 billion rail project.

"Frustrations were building and things were happening — and were not happening — that I wasn't happy with," Harimoto told Civil Beat. "It's just human nature that things just kind of escalate. I don't know how much I should get into this, but I'm a Christian and I'm very spiritual, and I really believe that God intervened."

Harimoto said he has nixed his plan to write a letter to the Federal Transportation Administration detailing his concerns about the administration's lack of transparency. He said he'll still hold a public hearing to vet concerns about the project because he promised to do so, but that he'll try to take some of his dealings with the administration "behind the scenes" going forward.

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