HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0675.142 2022-2024 From: Patricia Szot
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 9:59 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: HB121
Dear Hawaii State Legislature,
I am writing to you concerning HB121. I own a non-conforming permitted short term vacation
rental (STVR) and strongly disagree with this bill. It seems the state has been trying for several
years to get rid of STVR for reasons I can only believe is pressure from the hotel industry on the
island because it gives tourist an alternate, less expensive means of visiting the island; thereby
allowing more people to visit the islands. Now it seems you want to fund the Planning
Department by INCREASING OUR FEES TREMENDOUSLY. Are you raising the fees for ALL THE
OTHER processes managed in the Planning Department. How about INCREASING the construction
process fees. Of course you aren't doing that, you are in the construction lobby's pocket. This
bill gives no reason as to why it is needed; it isn't to fix any problem, so why have it. This bill is a
waste of my taxpayer dollars and shows how GREEDY the Hawaiian Government an really
be. The state has many REAL problems that the legislature should be working on to fix. The
following are just a few issues plaguing the state: joblessness, effects of global warming, fixing
public schools, fixing roads, reducing business red tape and eliminating the apparent corruption of
the State Legislature. Try focusing on these problems which will help the residents of the state,
which after all is the function of the State Legislature.
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Patricia Szot, PhD
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