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"f COOK LAUER
Ef Ail TOMY
thipitsthawa1.•;101clayxurn
Rtilstered tiy a,
dation that shows
ge. ,eral excise tax
yuld give the COUTI-
tat was at Iginally
yu r Harry 1< hos
'hying the County
issit
1.1:laced 'Wednesday
.e would toting in;
atnufly, rflhri
ously forecast
Tin! di.floretice
1,! tic:curate caleuhi-
tate l)epairtment
teratithag rout new
software that better tracks the,
soiree of the taxes, said county
'Finance, Director Deanna Saki).
Kini wrote a letter to the
council asking it to suppc)r®t
the irchrge JIk pledgM the
ad.ntinistration "Commits to the
County Coi„niell as fitti.ly cooper-
ative ittliproach, in setting 'priori-
ties on tin, expenditures of these
additional revenues."
"I consider this a. gift to t
pe„,{iple of11Nfl island Kana
said in aa teiview, "It's as tre-
tticridotis gift to 'help tis
A It11,.cent stircharge
would add r4CinitS in tax to
a $ 100 eXIX!oridittire,
H
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MAYOR LOBB
WESTHAWAIITODAY.COM
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ES COUNCIL TO PASS HA
all the G.I?:.71' collected„ cents
onthe dollar, goes to state, „ot
county, coffers,.
Kin], said the S16.7 million
budget currently
proposi211 allows
only th.e bare
rniuhnuin for
ntaint,enance of
exactmads
parks andother
ects rflit at.
budget is based H. KIM
on no new prop-
erty taxes mid, the continuation
of previtaisly aroved gas, tax.
incrotses,,
Kim; is, scherliillA afielress
ate tvtateil fliesdiy hc
LF -CENT SJRCH
Ticks offthree days of its .depart
ment-by-depamne„t review of
programs and„ the budget,
'file council:. 'with, an apparent
niajority opposed, to the GET
measure, int. 'February post, -
polled, consideration. of Hill 102
until no later tlian 'May 5. ThiS
allowed the Id arch 3"1 deadline
im.posedbytile state 1giliiire
to run out
Bilt a hiI aking its .way
through the .Legi stilton? 'would
c,xtend the (id inc icoatI a,„
IT ULvIulLrge ti tali June :,..30„„
add ition., Rouse Bill 2587
up to wict percent of the mtutey
tU t.w., used. ilctr non ran,sporta,-
taint pro cc ts ntiti Olt to 2 pinVent,
for private
used, by the pi
Puna Cou
Ruggles, who
i“.natity of the p,
by t,h,e.
ing for inore
d,istriet, sine
201,6„, Bin ,slor
G.E,F;c increase,
.*Considerin
(n1,1" private re
(111.e; Ruggles
t„bis tax is sti
ta.xes
still Innis thol.
'Sfl. COL