08-07-2018, 12:05 PM
... an ask for the CoH to abate property taxes for Pahoa and Volcano Village businesses ... Pahoa and Volcano Village businesses have business down 80% or more.
Not to sound insensitive, but: abating those property taxes creates a budgetary shortfall that must be made up by raising taxes elsewhere, effectively requiring "everyone else" to subsidize Pahoa/Volcano Village.
To the extent that this is theoretically an "investment" in "future tourism-based revenue opportunities" ... where was CoH when Pahoa needed a wastewater system? Where are Sal's permits to open Luquin's Cantina? How about that lava viewing area?
Leilani folks were complaining about wrong and bad information
Good thing this came up in time to revise Bill 160 with language about "except during a declared emergency".
Not to sound insensitive, but: abating those property taxes creates a budgetary shortfall that must be made up by raising taxes elsewhere, effectively requiring "everyone else" to subsidize Pahoa/Volcano Village.
To the extent that this is theoretically an "investment" in "future tourism-based revenue opportunities" ... where was CoH when Pahoa needed a wastewater system? Where are Sal's permits to open Luquin's Cantina? How about that lava viewing area?
Leilani folks were complaining about wrong and bad information
Good thing this came up in time to revise Bill 160 with language about "except during a declared emergency".