06-30-2018, 03:49 AM
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...-deadline/
The tax is projected to raise $10 million for the fiscal 2018-19 budget year that starts Sunday, and $25 million a year after that, before it expires Dec. 31, 2020.
Translation: we will now be subsidizing rail on Oahu: $1M this year, $2.5M next year.
They've already got the money spent, too:
2018-19: $4.9M "lava loss", $3.6M mass transit
2019-20: $11.5M mass transit, $700K acquiring right-of-way, $5.6M for Kawili, Alii, Kinoole and Manono, $6.4M for Lanikaula, Waianuenue, Kamehameha, Kilauea, Komohana, Mamalahoa Highway.
State verbiage authorizing this tax increase does stipulate that funds "may" be spent on "private" roads. Not holding my breath.
O'Hara pushed for a commitment that the bill would be changed to a 2030 expiration date before the year is out. But her colleagues refused to do so...
Does anyone really believe this tax won't be extended?
The tax is projected to raise $10 million for the fiscal 2018-19 budget year that starts Sunday, and $25 million a year after that, before it expires Dec. 31, 2020.
Translation: we will now be subsidizing rail on Oahu: $1M this year, $2.5M next year.
They've already got the money spent, too:
2018-19: $4.9M "lava loss", $3.6M mass transit
2019-20: $11.5M mass transit, $700K acquiring right-of-way, $5.6M for Kawili, Alii, Kinoole and Manono, $6.4M for Lanikaula, Waianuenue, Kamehameha, Kilauea, Komohana, Mamalahoa Highway.
State verbiage authorizing this tax increase does stipulate that funds "may" be spent on "private" roads. Not holding my breath.
O'Hara pushed for a commitment that the bill would be changed to a 2030 expiration date before the year is out. But her colleagues refused to do so...
Does anyone really believe this tax won't be extended?