aspiring mountain goat and centipede charmer. he/his. interested in media, politics, and critical theory. county council executive assistant. tweets mine.
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Gonna leave this shithole for Bluesky or Mastodon, and I'd recommend that everyone consider doing the same to discontinue any support for this platform and its owner. Any other good text based apps you'd recommend?
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County should do this to attract workers to fill mass vacancies & lead the way on working conditions
US workers deserve a break. It’s time for a 32-hour working week theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Demarcation Now! Brazil’s Indigenous Movement Secures Land Recognition Victories at Annual Free Land Camp amazonwatch.org/news/2023/05…
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The Guardian US: Wage gap between CEOs and US workers jumped to 670-to-1 last year, study finds.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
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Hawaii News Now: Rental prices are soaring in Hawaii as economy rebounds.
hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/06/02…
Maui CM Gabe Johnson introduced a budget amendment to raise summer PALS workers to 15/hr minimum from $10.75 (not livable but better. Mayor responded at first reading thanking him but saying they had the money in program savings so the budget amendment isn't necessary.
Also, visitor expenditures (and thus broader economic benefit) are up. Tax revenue is up. If higher taxes and rates for tourists causes this by incentivizing visitors who are willing to spend more, it is plausible that we can have fewer visitors while keeping or raising revenue
Maui April visitor numbers and spending topped 2019, the record tourism year. This after the County was able to charge Transient Accommodations Tax and raised hotel and str property taxes. Proof that we can continue to increase taxes on this industry and use $ for good
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Maui April visitor numbers and spending topped 2019, the record tourism year. This after the County was able to charge Transient Accommodations Tax and raised hotel and str property taxes. Proof that we can continue to increase taxes on this industry and use $ for good
Source: dbedt.hawaii.gov/blog/22-22
Don't fall for industry propaganda that taxes will cause a loss of business and jobs. Our communities, workers, families, children are struggling and need these funds to pay for services and advance our quality of life
Multiple surges a year resulting in multiple deaths a week, loss income for workers, missed educational/extracurricular opportunities for children, frequent illness, and stressed healthcare infrastructure is not a "new normal" I want to accept khon2.com/coronavirus/hawaii…
Peter Martin has been described to me as the stereotypical "evil developer". We must make sure he does the right thing here and transfers this critical land for public ownership. Many been fighting for its protection for years, and it is critical to restoring Ma’alaea Bay
Maui council, state set aside money to buy 257 acres in Māʻalaea but developer beats them to it | Maui Now
~we are hopeful we can sit down together and negotiate a way forward to persuade him to sell to us~ This part🤯 mauinow.com/2022/05/21/maui-…
Kind of alluded to here, but I worked with CM King this budget session on funding for a grant funded safe zone, sleeping space. If anyone knows a nonprofit to take this on, they should be aware of this opportunity!
Hawaii News Now: With funds running dry, temporary Maui homeless shelter to shut down.
hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/05/19…
Hawaii News Now: With funds running dry, temporary Maui homeless shelter to shut down.
hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/05/19…
Kaiser got government relief funds AND BROKE PROFIT RECORDS IN 2021 only to turn around and cut benefits and worsen conditions for the mental health clinicians
mauinews.com/news/local-news…
Seriously look. Imagine a 10% tax on $10M+. Redistribute (as food, rental, utility vouchers if you must) to ppl earning less than like 160% of the area median income (since even 2x the median household income is not enough to qualify for the median home)
Personal news, I graduated with a master's degree from UH Mānoa's College of Education last weekend! Looking forward to spending more time with these special people, and using my new credentials to help advance the condition of the children, families and working class of Hawai'i
