Given all the pressure over potential conflicts of interest involving his company, the Friday resignation of Tobias Martyn from the voluntary board of Oahu’s rail project was not a big surprise.

Martyn had chaired the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation before state Sen. Kurt Fevella and others noted that the issuance and sale of $292 million in general obligation bonds could have benefited his private investments company.

Martyn’s abrupt resignation does not erase the value of an investigation into the matter, which Fevella and City Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi rightly argued should proceed.

It’s Ocean Safety, to the rescue

One of the few government decisions on which there is wide agreement: The city’s Emergency Services Department has expanded the capacity of its Ocean Safety lifeguards. On Sunday, duty hours for the mobile units, previously set at 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., expanded to 7 a.m.-7 p.m., with the number of land-based mobile team doubling to 16.

Budgetary limits will keep hours unchanged for those stationed in the lifeguard tower. But with the more tourists populating beaches, perhaps that’s worth monitoring, too.