• Double Standards Double Standards At the October 14th Council meeting Council members Yukimura and Tokioka directed a series of accusations and questions about the Ohana Kauai Charter Amendment and the use of the term “resident” in identifying the persons
• Double Standards
Double Standards
At the October 14th Council meeting Council members Yukimura and Tokioka directed a series of accusations and questions about the Ohana Kauai Charter Amendment and the use of the term “resident” in identifying the persons to be eligible for its benefits. They suggested that the absence of a definition for that term would leave the County “in a difficult place” and the “County’s taxing system could be left in disarray.”
Recently the County Finance Department sent out over 20,000 plus “Dear Resident” letters addressing the subject of “Residential Real Property Tax Relief’. The letter refers to one of the programs describing it as “The Permanent Home Use Dedication Program which is geared to residents who own and occupy the home in which they live.”
It appears quite clearly that the County’s office, with respect to responsibility for property taxes, has no problem with the meaning of the term “resident”. Once again it seems that objections to the Ohana Charter amendment are much ado about nothing.
A contention about whether the term “resident” is vague and ambiguous has been raised in the county against county law suit. If the County can’t find a less frivolous claim it should abandon the law suit and save $50,000 in taxpayers tax money. Personally, I would rather give that $50,000.00 legal fee payment to the Kaua‘i Food Bank rather than to outside attorneys hired by the County to sue the County.
John Hoff
Lawa‘i
