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John Pritchett: A Crying Shame

Spiking property tax assessments in the City and County of Honolulu are driving up rental costs and freaking out homeowners.

By John Pritchett

February 12, 2023 · 1 min read

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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About the Author

John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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Another failed election year that has fallen on our deaf status quo politicians. Taxpayers have yet to see any relief.

surferx808 · 1 year ago

I芒聙聶m middle class. My wife and I are retired. We own a home that is 43 years old. We and our youngest daughter live in it (she can芒聙聶t afford to move elsewhere because of the rents being so high). We live on a fixed income from SS, and her small pension. Our property taxes have only gone one way芒聙娄UP芒聙娄for years. The rates are onerous (please don芒聙聶t fire back they are the least in the nation % wise) , the house and property have remaIned the same since initially acquired, worked, maintained and paid for. Every year we get a statement saying our house is worth more but your taxes are going up. Combine this with the ever increasing cost of living here in Hawaii and we will soon be reaching the unaffordable level. This disparity needs to be addressed by the legislature and governor sooner rather than later. The very rich don芒聙聶t care about taxes (or can avoid them somehow ) and the very poor (seemingly) get a lot of help that we don芒聙聶t qualify for, but the middle class is being squeezed芒聙娄

blanez · 1 year ago

Limit raising property taxes! The problem with my idea is if you raise tax at a set rate over a set period of time, the powers that be will continually raise the Tax. And, I am only talking about .1 percent every 3 years!

Richard · 1 year ago

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