HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0739.162 2016-2018From: Tiffany Edwards Hunt
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Fwd: Put the AirBnb bill on hold
Date: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 12:51:39 PM
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From: Tiffany Edwards Hunt <new,womannme.com>
Date: June 4, 2018 at 11:38:57 PM HST
To: testimomyrnawaiicounty gov
Subject: Put the AirBnb bill on hold
It would be really bad form to take up that AirBnb bill right now. At the moment
our entire island is suffering from lack of tourism from the real and perceived
threat of the Kilauea Volcano. In Puna, we are all financially devastated and many
of us our losing our homes. You need to put that AirBnb bill to rest and try to
figure out ways to make some revenue for the County of Hawaii that you aren't
going to be getting from real property tax revenue in Puna. As I write, my family
home is in the line of the fire avalanche and could be taken tonight or tomorrow.
Most of the AirBnbs in lower Puna are in that same line of fire. Any remaining
will hopefully host some tourists that we really need to spend some money and
help us pay all of our debts and taxes. If the tourists won't come, the spaces are
being rented to evacuees.
You may be seeing another vantage point about this bill right now. If you are, you
should stop what it is you are doing and come serve a hot meal in Pahoa. Our gym
is filled with hundreds of people. Our baseball and soccer fields are encampments
for the new homeless from all over Puna. Our entire community is upside down.
Please focus on doing what you need to do to keep the County of Hawaii
humming. Poking at AirBnb is just totally senseless at this juncture.
Thanks for reading and thinking really long and hard about what you are doing.
Aloha,
Tiffany
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