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1~ l~-~~$769 },{~~~~y~~,~/~ > July 4~, 2001 Councilman Gary Sa~ax~.k ~ou?~ty Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Lear Garys `~eferenee is made to our conrrersation regarding the increase of property taxes, now before the Council once again. I respectfully requst that y®u ~'OTF AGAINST THIS M~~SUR~ for the fact that it creates a f~~cial burden on those of us xho are on a fixed income, altho the council ~aembers xho are pushing to get this thru, do not think so. Luring in Hawaii Shores, xe only realize about the asR®unt we gay ($25.00) for County services, i.es Police patrol,which is limited to say the least. Our xater, area maintenance, and r€sads are maintained. by oar e,ssociation, and we are obligated to pay $150.00 a year for these. faith the emery strict progra~s that is now in force, ignoring this fee for a specified amount of time results in foreclosure, xhich has happened to wise who became delinquent. In ~riex of this, I feel that it is unfair to increase this au^:ount as proposed, be~.use a lot of people xho x111 be effected by this propased rs,ise, are living in subdivisions like ours, but without services to which their money should be applied. A raise in theme taxes x111 not benefit us in any way, therefore it is "~;TI01~ W ITi30U T R~R~S~NTATION t ! ! ! t " This measure should be deferred at this meetings as Mayor Kiss has requested, in order to bring up the ideas that he is xorking on. In reality, it should be mooted down at this meeting, but I think that Mm. Chun should honor Mayor Kim' request, and act accordingly. To offer xhat I feel is a ver,~r sound idea to getting the money that seearbs to be wanted, I called the department hes,d at the property teat office to get the figure for D~I,INQU~^FT TAJCKS for the Big Island. T~ A~301JNT IS_ x:~~V~i'~ :~'II,I~ION DOLLARS! ! ! ! ~ !{11.000.000.00 t ! ! ! t 1H~ IS NO CUS1~ ~'OR SUCH A HUGR AMOUNT` T© OUTSTANDING, and there are ways for it to be collected., 3NST~AD C~' TAKING "TIC EASY WAY OUT" tax those of ua xho cannot afford itt!! Since Councilwoman Bobby Leighthead~fiodd and Councilman Curtis Tyler seem to bet a one, that are gushing 1'or passage of this measure, I feel that it Vhs~`:~. {~~~.'iion to ~v~~.a~.