tompalm
TUG Member
I know I am sure New York City does the same since property taxes there are low, and by the way the public schools except for the elite and specialty schools are poor. The reason I brought this up was the the issue of the Hawaii's local politicians raising revenue by targeting tourists with taxes and I have a problem with using the pot that the Get and TAT funds go into for public schools. Paying for services that tourists use and need such as Emergency Services, Police, Roads, Street Lighting, Public Transportation, Airports, Parks, Beaches, Refuse Removal etc. should be the purpose of those revenue sources.[/QUOTE
Send the mayor a letter. He is at the bottom of my list of politicians that I don’t like. He is responsible for most of how tax is collected and spent. My friend led the fight for Home Sharing on Oahu and wanted me to attend a hearing with him and make a statement to stop the city from shutting down Air BnB. It turned out that we went to hearings every month that the city council listened too and after a year, the council reported to the mayor that the people wanted to keep home sharing or Air BnB. He shut it down anyway and did what he wanted to do. He will do whatever gets him the most votes. I think he plans to run for governor and will have all the union folks voting for him. He will probably get elected and it will be business as usual. Oh, only send that letter to the mayor if it makes you feel better. He doesn’t care what you think or what I think. Don’t expect things to change until it has an impact on the economy.