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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0675.051 2022-2024 From: Lisa Hall Sent: Monday,January 22, 2024 11:56 AM To: Council Testimony c>(r) Subject: Written Testimony Opposint TAR 121 No $10,000 Dollars. • ' TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. 0, -- CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECOND DEGREE MURDER. Hawaii Revised Statute 706-660 SEX TRAFFICKING. Hawaii Revised Statute 712-1209 SOLICITATION OF A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION. Hawaii Revised Statute 712-1209.1 BURGLARY Hawaii Revised Statute 708-811 SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN 14 YEARS OLD. Hawaii Revised Statute 707-732 SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A PERSON WHO IS MENTALLY INCAPACITATED Hawaii Revised Statute 707-732(d) NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. Hawaii Revised Statute 707-703 ARSON Hawaii Revised Statute 708-8253 Aloha Distinguished Council Members- Mahalo for considering my letter in opposition to the TAR Proposed Bill 121 . I have one question for you: Why would a Criminal CONVICTED of Conspiracy to Commit Second Degree MURDER, or a Sex Trafficker, A Sex Offender that Solicited a Minor for Prostitution, a Burglar, A Pedofile that had Sexual Contact with a Person Less than 14 Years Old or a Mentally Incapacitated Person, a Convicted Arsonist or someone that was Found Guilty of Negligent Homicide in this great State of Hawaii be More Secure Financially than a law abiding, tax paying, extremely hard working transient accomodation rental property owner? Answer: Because Each of these Heinous Felony Convictions in the State of Hawaii carry a ONE TIME $10,000 Fine for their Deplorable Crimes against our beloved Ohana in Hawaii. Unlike the Proposed TAR Bill 121, transient accommodation rental property owners will be fined $10,000 EVERY TIME that they are reported for the deplorable violation of a guest exceeding an occupancy capacity or if a guest commits the unthinkable act of not parking in their designated parking area, or if a guest gets too a little too excited while playing games with their family after the ridiculously early 8pm quiet hours, or if the TAR owner egregiously makes the mistake of not properly sizing their TAR signage on their property, if you allow this outrageously unfair and unjust bill to be passed. Unlike the Convicted Felons above who receive a one and done fine for their Crimes Against Humanity, TAR owners live in constant fear of their Neighbors and their County and their unilateral ability to fine us so severely ($10,000 PER DAY, according to some 1 Comm. No. t , 51 Ref. To: I tYt,V.() Ref. Date JAN 2 3 2024 penalties of this bill... PLEASE Council Members,take a minute and internalize that number, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, that is LIFE CHANGING MONEY for most people.) We are paralyzed in fear knowing that just one $10,000 fine will mean that we cannot pay our son's sophomore year tuition at the University of Hawaii at Manoa next year. My heart aches for the day when Hawai'i County finally realizes that we are all on the same team working toward the same goals. I look forward to the day when TAR owners are celebrated and appreciated for the tireless work that we do for our Island community and are rewarded and thanked for our efforts rather than treated like criminals and penalized with fines that mirror the most notorious and hardened criminals in the state of Hawaii. With Hopeful Aloha, Lisa Hall •