Comments for The Kona Blog http://aaronstene.com My small space on the Internet covering County & State of Hawaii issues Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The State of Hawaii Not Enforcing Policy Is Costing Our Children’s Education by VRBO Fan http://aaronstene.com/2011/03/18/7143/#comment-6140 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:08:16 +0000 http://thekonablog.wordpress.com/?p=7143#comment-6140 According to HVROA, an audit to discover tax-evading vacation rentals was done by the State after some people raised this same accusation in 2007. The result was they learned that the vast majority of vacation rental owners were paying their taxes. You cannot make claims without evidence, and I wonder where you get your numbers from, these multi-million dollar figures of lost tax money to the State? It is a scare tactic on the part of real estate management companies because they are losing market share to the actual owners of the property, who have found a cheaper way to manage them. Your fees are somewhere between 28 to 40% of the rental rate, an exorbitant commission for any owner to pay.

And why have no nonconforming use certificates been granted by Honolulu since 1989? How can a vacation rental owner obtain one so that he can conduct his business legally? The market has changed considerably since 1989 when areas like Kailua were sleepy towns, and the law needs to be updated.

B&B and other vacation rental owners have been crying out for a legal permit process to be established with reasonable regulations so that they can conduct business where the tourist consumer wants to stay, and they DO pay their TAT and GE tax.

The education of our children is safe.

]]> Comment on The Kona Blog Is Going On Hiatus by Anonymous http://aaronstene.com/2012/02/13/the-kona-blog-is-going-on-hiatus/#comment-6137 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:49:54 +0000 http://aaronstene.com/?p=8920#comment-6137 Hey Aaron,

Yeah, take a break but then come back. Maybe less road work info and more community what’s happening, etc.

]]> Comment on The Kona Blog Is Going On Hiatus by Anonymous http://aaronstene.com/2012/02/13/the-kona-blog-is-going-on-hiatus/#comment-6135 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:58:53 +0000 http://aaronstene.com/?p=8920#comment-6135 Is there a way to make it so we can all post articles on things we think may be newsworthy so we can carry on while you are on vacation?

]]> Comment on The Kona Blog Is Going On Hiatus by konagal http://aaronstene.com/2012/02/13/the-kona-blog-is-going-on-hiatus/#comment-6133 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:47:59 +0000 http://aaronstene.com/?p=8920#comment-6133 Aloha Aaron,

Thank you very much for all your HARD WORK!
You are deeply appreciated !!!!!

Mahalo Nui Loa,
Teri Aipia

]]> Comment on The Kona Blog Is Going On Hiatus by Nancy Cook Lauer (@NancyLauer) http://aaronstene.com/2012/02/13/the-kona-blog-is-going-on-hiatus/#comment-6132 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:00:46 +0000 http://aaronstene.com/?p=8920#comment-6132 Funny. Soon as you stop blogging, *then* they comment ;-)

]]> Comment on The Kona Blog Is Going On Hiatus by JM http://aaronstene.com/2012/02/13/the-kona-blog-is-going-on-hiatus/#comment-6130 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:23:12 +0000 http://aaronstene.com/?p=8920#comment-6130 Thank you for your efforts to keep us informed of what’s really going on in Kona.

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