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--,tV Of N <br /> �°s'� `''' +,,'. Wil Okabe <br /> "` �Id��j Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim : * r'ir,, //:• <br /> Mayor -- --''e' '_ <br /> _=_= Barbara J.Kossow <br /> =o : <br /> ....):61. wq ,, Deputy Managing Director <br /> C outtfv. t f inai`i <br /> Off-kr oftip 4 avor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Me Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg.C • Kailua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> April 10, 2017 <br /> Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair <br /> Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Technology <br /> Hawai'i State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair <br /> Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Senator Wakai, Senator Nishihara and Committee Members: <br /> RE: HCR 169 <br /> moving real property taxes to the State <br /> We respectfully oppose HCR 169, and urge that it be held. <br /> The only substantial source of revenue that the counties control is the real <br /> property tax. Instead of recognizing the counties as full, responsible, and useful partners <br /> of the State in governing our beautiful islands, HCR 169 would relegate the counties to <br /> second class citizenship, returning the counties to the status of wards of the State who <br /> are incompetent and must be controlled. It is not even clear that this is being done for <br /> our own good, or simply to take away the little independence we have. <br /> Please do not take favorable action on HCR 169. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> c.I--- -.'' <br /> ry m <br /> Mayor <br /> County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />