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MR. BALSIS: Okay. <br /> <br />MS. NAHOOPII: Before I start, I wasn’t sure if the Board had received Mary Ann’s last <br />email. She had a family emergency—her mom’s in the hospital, and she had asked that <br />something be read into the record. And I didn’t know if this was appropriate, or if <br />Corporation Counsel does that at a later time. <br /> <br />th <br />MS. SCHOEN: Actually, this was emailed January 7, Tuesday, and I think Mary provided <br />that to you all. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yes, we do have copies of that email. <br /> <br />MS. NAHOOPII: Okay, so has everybody had a chance to read it? She wanted it read for <br />the record, but I don’t know how that applies. And she had an additional thing to make <br />as well on that. Is it appropriate for me to read what she submitted or no? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Any objections? Go ahead. <br /> <br />MS. NAHOOPII: Okay. Do you want me to read the letter as well, or just her additional <br />remarks? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Her additional remarks I think will be fine. <br /> <br />MS. NAHOOPII: Okay. It says, in addition to my response, I’d like to add that I do not <br />and will never give preferential treatment to my property assessment or anybody else’s. <br />I am very virtuous about fairness and equity in my duties as a real property assessor for <br />the County of Hawai‘i. I would never jeopardize my job to temporarily save less than a <br />few hundred dollars a year in property taxes that could be used to assist the less <br />fortunate, seniors, and other beneficiaries of County assistance programs. In view of the <br />fact that property taxes are an allowed itemized deduction from my income on Hawai‘i <br />and U.S. income tax returns, and my position with the County is my only job and source <br />of income, I would not benefit from giving preferential treatment to my property <br />assessment. An assessor for the County who is also a realtor would have more cause to <br />fix assessments than someone whose only occupation or source of income was a real <br />property assessor for the County. And she apologized for not being able to be here <br />today. If it’s okay I’d like to pass out – <br /> <br />MS. CRAWFORD: Lisa has a handout here, because we have some graphs and charts just <br />to show you, in explanation to answer some of these questions. So as she goes through <br />this, she wanted to be able to refer to those and have you be able to see them. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Thank you. <br /> <br />(Ms. Nahoopii passed around her handout.) <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />