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Schneckenburger of Kailua-Kona to laughter from attendees. "But really, the next-door house <br /> rented to long-term neighbors is much worse. Once last year, the vacation rental baby was <br /> crying for over 10 minutes— kind of annoying — but the regular, long-term tenants have wild <br /> parties that go on at all hours. They play loud music much of the time. They need to register <br /> also. <br /> "I think that everyone should have to register, and everyone should have to be back to their <br /> house within three hours of my phone call," Schneckenburger said, in reference to a <br /> provision in the bill requiring that a representative for an unhosted rental be physically <br /> present at their TAR within three hours of receiving a call from a renter. "So what if <br /> she's in Honolulu for a medical appointment? She can just tell her doctor she needs to <br /> run and sprint to the airport and be back here whenever I demand ... which can be <br /> whenever I'm annoyed at her or want to toy with her." <br /> So went the first hour of the meeting. After briefly discussing the other items on the agenda, <br /> the commission's discussion of Bill 121 itself began with a presentation by county planner <br /> Tracie-Lee Camero and Kimball, the latter of whom attempted to dispel what she called <br /> misinformation about the bill. "The very first thing about this bill is that if you are a resident of <br /> this county, you can start a transient accommodation on your property at any time, so long as <br /> you're doing it legally," Kimball said, beginning a strident speech to the commission. "So, if <br /> you hear folks saying that they will not be able to have a TAR on their property, they are being <br /> fed misinformation." <br /> "I want to speak to the fines," Kimball continued. $10,000 a day. No! Again, another piece of <br /> misinformation you're being presented with. "The fines are very reasonable, they are <br /> progressive, and we adjusted them based on our conversations with some of the folks behind <br /> me today," she said, referring to the public attendees of the meeting, many of whom grumbled <br /> throughout Kimball's presentation. (A recent study showed that More than one half of <br /> Americans can't raise $400 for an emergency and a $10,000 fine is an existential <br /> economic catastrophe) <br /> While Kimball said the DAILY fines of up to $10,000 outlined in the bill are specifically <br /> for hosting platforms such as AirBnb and not for TAR owners, the bill does allow for <br /> $10,000 (DAILY) fines to owners for a third violation. "You've been giving a lot of red <br /> herrings today," <br /> Kimball said. "'If you wanna solve housing, you just need to work on infrastructure.' 'If <br /> you wanna solve housing, you just gotta build more housing.' (Kimball is right, <br /> BUILDING MORE HOUSING - IS THE SOLUTION. Bill 121 is not capable of solving the <br /> housing crisis.) <br /> Well, yes! We gotta do all the things! But one of the things we also need to do is keep <br />