Posted on 05/28/2025 10:54:32 AM PDT by DallasBiff
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate change.
The signing, which comes nearly two years after a Maui wildfire killed 102 people and wiped out almost all of Lahaina town, marks the nation’s first such levy to help cope with a warming planet.
Officials estimate the tax will generate nearly $100 million annually. The money will be used for projects like replenishing sand on eroding Waikiki beaches, promoting the use of hurricane clips to secure roofs during powerful storms and clearing flammable invasive grasses like those that fueled Lahaina’s wildfire
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Was there some 35 years ago, yes it was beautiful, but never go again.
Look on travel sites for rates for airfare and hotel eastern europe, is much cheaper by a $1,000 bucks.
Oh well, the democrat governor is raising taxes, to cover for the incompenatcy of the Maui fires.
Never let a crisis go to waste if you can tax it.
How ecologically sound is it using a half dozen pens to sign one document ?
The Idiots behind him can’t wait to spend it all on Large SUVs ,LOL
Dumbassery. I lived on Oahu in the mid 50’s and from pics I’ve seen, beaches look the same now.
I notice at the last minute they changed the taxes collected from going to a dedicated fund to the general fund. This money will not be used at all for the purposes they claim.
And apparently smug about it.
It never is. the money will be funneled into the coffers of the socialist Democrat political machine somehow.
Such a diverse crew of ugly people.
I say we need a levy against the residents of Hawaii to offset to carbon emissions that result from transporting goods way out to the middle of the Pacific.
The fire that should have never happened.
Big Smiles and can’t wait to take/steal and spend other peoples money
Less Conventions etc for you , other places will jump on it ,LOL
Haole Tax!!!
Has the Hawaiian government ever apologized to Japan for our shooting at their planes on Dec. 7, 1941?
A friend was on a plane that landed without landing gear years ago; he would not fly for years afterward. A sports lover who drove everywhere for a game.
Their sons bought them a trip to Hawaii, they LOVED it and the 747.
Soon, they bought a condo in Hawaii, semi-retired, and they used it often.
A couple of years ago, they received an offer they could NOT refuse $$$ crazy money.
Now they go to Europe and move around.
Sooo....climate change created volcanic activity? Did I understand that correctly?
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