Honolulu’s City Council voted unanimously May 14 to override the mayor’s veto of a bill to lower property taxes.
Bill 3 was written to increase the real property tax exemption by bumping basic and multiple home exemptions to $100,000 and $140,000, respectively. The mayor of Honolulu, Kirk Caldwell, vetoed the bill May 3, but the nine-member city council overrode that decision.
“I have always supported and introduced measures to assist our residents from being overburdened by property taxes, especially when it helps our seniors and young working families,” Ann Kobayashi, a member of the city council, said ...
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