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From: Patricia Szot <br /> To: W PCtesti mono <br /> Subject: Oppose Bill 121 <br /> Date: Thursday,April 25, 2024 10:33:02 AM <br /> Aloha County Councilman Lin and the rest of the council, <br /> My name is Patricia Szot, Ph.D. and I have a short-term vacation rental (STVR) in Keaau which <br /> is licensed in the State of Hawaii. I have been opposed to the County's Bill 121 which will <br /> drastically affect my small business as well as the livelihood of many people in this area. This <br /> bill was put forward without the due consideration that required to determine the economic <br /> impact of shutting down STVRs. To understand what this Bill can due to the people of Hawaii <br /> the Bill NEEDS to go back to the County council a they NEED to conduct a comprehensive, <br /> academically rigorous economic impact study. As a former scientist, a rigorous study is always <br /> required to determine what may occur when such a major change is implemented. Too often <br /> politicians don't really think about what effects a bill like this can have on the everyday hard <br /> working Hawaiians in the area. I believe great care needs to be taken and the effects studied <br /> before any such bill is put into effect. The politicians who are pushing this bill forward have <br /> stated they are fine with such a study, and even if they weren't any bill that can hurt the <br /> livelihoods of Hawaiian SHOULD ALWAYS be studied. Until you study it you will never know <br /> how severe the bill can bill. Prevention is always the best form of medicine. <br /> Mahalo <br /> Patricia Szot, Ph.D. <br />