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From: Mary Peterson [panioloclub108 @aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 3:01 PM
To: dyagong @co.hawaii.hi.us; dikeda @co.hawaii.hi.us; jyoshimoto @co.hawaii.hi.us;
donishi @co.hawaii.hi.us; enaeole @co.hawaii.hi.us; bford @co.hawaii.hi.t4 genriques @co.hawaii.hi.us;
kgreenwell @co.hawaii.hi.us; phoffmann @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: New Property Tax
Members of the Council
With sincerest respect for your hard work and love for the island, I am writing to
implore you to cast a vote against the proposed increase in property tax on
properties with a Mainland owner.
My husband and I are elementary school teachers in the very northern part of
California (Eureka). We are planning to retire in our condo in Waikoloa Village that
we purchased about 4 years ago in the height of the real estate "frenzy ". In order
to afford the mortgage we have been vacation renting it. It is NOT a multi - million
dollar residence. We are barely scraping by with rentals down from past years,
thus having to drop our rents to attract visitors. With an increase in property
taxes we will be forced to consider selling.
We are respectful of the Hawaiian culture and have been very supportive in buying
local products. There much be hundreds of people just like us who LOVE Hawaii
and want the best for everyone living there. However, this tax is truly unfair to
hard working people who want to keep the tourist dollars flowing into the county
and state. Yes, there are many who can afford this increase but they, indeed, are
a minority.
We have diligently collected and reported all taxes required of the State of
Hawaii. We have spent our money at local stores making improvements on our unit.
We respectfully request that you look further down the line at how an increase to
these types of properties will ultimately affect the island economically. In the
short run there will indeed be an increase to the revenues. However please
think beyond the immediate future. There are a number of posts on
www.Konaweb.com under the "Moving to the Island" section that would make for
good reading.
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PLEASE consider the above before casting your votes. This will destroy a dream
for my husband and I as well as for many others who are just hard working `]
Com% NO. 1 7. 1
Ref. To:
Ref. Date. JUN 10 2010
"regular- type" people.
Mahalo for your consideration.
Ray and Mary Peterson
Hale Luana
Paniolo Club #108
Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
707 - 444 -0288 (Pacific Time)
www.vrbo.com /9632
panioloclub1O8 @aol.com
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