Governor: "Excise taxes, tourism and property taxes aren't going to solve the budget shortfall. We are spending money the state doesn't have for rail and protests. Where else can we find money?"
State Prosecutor: "We tried getting a law passed to make B&B operators pay hotel taxes, the the legislature didn't cooperate. We got the AirBNB people to send us a list of their top 1,000 Oahu customers, but it'll take time to collect if we ever do, and the cost will be more than it's worth."
City Council Chair: "Well, I think we can rule out squeezing the Kealohas for anything they owe the city and county."
Lt Gov: "I've got it! Let's sue the oil companies for climate change! We probably won't win, but it'll take everyone's attention off the hundreds of thousands we already wasted on Mauna Kea, the Kealoha severance and defense, rail and all our other failures."
All: "Brilliant!!"