I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that supports local families tax relief as the descendants who continue to live on and care for their ancestral lands.
I fully, 100% support this bill, the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for Maui
descents who continue to simply farm, live, love and care for their ancestral lands!
I am in full support of BFED-78 regarding tax exemptions for ʻĀina Kūpuna lands! We know that ‘āina kūpuna does so much more than just house Hawaiian families. They allow for a continuum of care for ‘āina long-laid by our kūpuna before us. This bill will come too late to help so many ‘ohana who have been taxed out of their places, but there are families left who can greatly benefit from this bill.
I support this bill. Too many families have lost and are loosing their ‘āina Kupuna due to the rising cost of taxes. Our family also lost our family lands for this same reason. After generations of a beach front ‘āina in our ‘ohana, a hotel went up next door and we had to sell because we could no longer afford to keep up with the rising tax costs.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee." My hope is that my children will be able to continue making memories, sharing stories, and living in connection with the land of their kupuna.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descendents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it through your committee.” As a Native Hawai’ian, my family has had to make significant sacrifices to hold on to our lands. Without your help, the dream of future generations of my family being able to live, gather, and care for our ancestral lands is becoming unattainable. Please help us and other Native Hawai’ian & Kama’aina families from suffering the pain of losing a significant piece of their family history and identity. Mahalo nui.
Aloha -- I am writing with my support of the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Our Kukahiko lands have been with our 'ohana since 1883, and Chang lands since 1925. In these places, we still have ʻohana that live there and our kūpuna who lay at rest on these ʻāina kūpuna. This bill is essential for generations, like me, to stay connected to our ʻāina kūpuna. Makena has always been the place that I have called home. My warmest memories are spending time with my kūpuna and 'ohana in Makena -- there are no words that could truly express the feeling of working on your āina kūpuna with your ʻohana on a humble farm and building memories with kūpuna. This connection is so strong that my husband and I chose to get married in Makena at Keawala'i Church, and we hope to build future memories with our keiki in Makena. This bill supports our Native Hawaiian Families, and more importantly, the culture and people that creates this special place.
I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee." Family land is being ripped from us due to unrealistic taxation that cannot be reasonably paid by our ohana. I love taking my children and grandchildren to visit our family home in Makena. Memories are created there. I feel my connection to my father there, remember his stories and feel the love he had for his parents and grandparents there. I visit their graves and speak to our children of the sacrifices of our kupuna and teach them our mo`oku`auhau. If the cost of taxes force us to sell, what will we have left? Where will all of that good mana go? What will I tell my grandchildren when they ask to see where we come from? As a Native Hawaiian, I implore you to do the right thing and help us to care for the 'aina that has been in our family for generations.
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29. For generations, our ohana has watched the land surrounding our ancestral lands make way to tourism and high-end development, escalating the property taxes beyond our annual income. Our ohana struggles to pay the property taxes, wondering how much longer we can hold on to the very thing that is at the heart of our ohana! We need this bill! We need our elected politicians to stand up for us and protect the long standing residents who make Hawaii our home. Please pass this bill! It is the right thing to do!
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
It will be unconscionable for you to not pass this bill out of committee. The tourism industry, among others, by enticing the very rich, have fueled a metaphorical - out of control "Hawaiʻi is for sale - get yours now!" fire - that threatens to engulf anyone living in the ʻāina that that affluent mil/bil-lionare wants to build on but not - necessarily - live on. Then, the ostentatious and unaffordable mansions are flipped to others of the same ilk who also have to disburse their excess capital. And, what happens to the kānaka that have been living and working the land for generations; living on the ʻāina out of necessity? They are property-taxed out of their homes. Shame on you if you do not pass this bill!
As a descendant of the Chang and Kukahiko Ohana's Makena has always been a special and important place to me and all of my Ohana. I was named after my grandfather who farmed the land his entire life and has a beach that bears his name. I have visited the gravesites of my ancestors on Maui my entire life and it holds an important place in my heart and the hearts of all of my Ohana. My mom has not been able to afford to live on her fathers land. She is one of the only Hawaiians who was still able to buy land in the Waa Waa area of the Big Island as most land is purchased by people from the mainland.
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Mahalo.
I’m writing this in support of so many families who, through numerous generations, continue to cherish their land as their home. I’m apart of one of these families. We were brought up knowing that land is our family. We nurture each other.
Taxes have caused many families to lose their land. I’ve sadly seen the land become investment properties — a sellable commodity. Is our Hawaii to lose its true beauty, its sense of community?
Aloha, as a 7th generation keiki, I am in support. I have watched my parents, aunties, uncles, and grandparents struggle to keep our home. Where my family lives, extravagant developments have driven taxes higher than the average income in Hawaii. My family is one of the lucky ones in the area who could keep their land... but for how long?
I am in support of the Aina Kupuna Bill which is long overdue. Sadly, too many families have already lost their land due to high taxes. We've not only allowed this to continue, but to escalate! LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT!
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee. Mahalo for your time and consideration in regards to this matter.
I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that supports local families tax relief as the descendants who continue to live on and care for their ancestral lands.
I fully, 100% support this bill, the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for Maui
descents who continue to simply farm, live, love and care for their ancestral lands!
I support bill BFED-78 CC 21-29.
I am in full support of BFED-78 regarding tax exemptions for ʻĀina Kūpuna lands! We know that ‘āina kūpuna does so much more than just house Hawaiian families. They allow for a continuum of care for ‘āina long-laid by our kūpuna before us. This bill will come too late to help so many ‘ohana who have been taxed out of their places, but there are families left who can greatly benefit from this bill.
I support this bill. Too many families have lost and are loosing their ‘āina Kupuna due to the rising cost of taxes. Our family also lost our family lands for this same reason. After generations of a beach front ‘āina in our ‘ohana, a hotel went up next door and we had to sell because we could no longer afford to keep up with the rising tax costs.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee." My hope is that my children will be able to continue making memories, sharing stories, and living in connection with the land of their kupuna.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descendents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it through your committee.” As a Native Hawai’ian, my family has had to make significant sacrifices to hold on to our lands. Without your help, the dream of future generations of my family being able to live, gather, and care for our ancestral lands is becoming unattainable. Please help us and other Native Hawai’ian & Kama’aina families from suffering the pain of losing a significant piece of their family history and identity. Mahalo nui.
Aloha -- I am writing with my support of the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Our Kukahiko lands have been with our 'ohana since 1883, and Chang lands since 1925. In these places, we still have ʻohana that live there and our kūpuna who lay at rest on these ʻāina kūpuna. This bill is essential for generations, like me, to stay connected to our ʻāina kūpuna. Makena has always been the place that I have called home. My warmest memories are spending time with my kūpuna and 'ohana in Makena -- there are no words that could truly express the feeling of working on your āina kūpuna with your ʻohana on a humble farm and building memories with kūpuna. This connection is so strong that my husband and I chose to get married in Makena at Keawala'i Church, and we hope to build future memories with our keiki in Makena. This bill supports our Native Hawaiian Families, and more importantly, the culture and people that creates this special place.
I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
"I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee." Family land is being ripped from us due to unrealistic taxation that cannot be reasonably paid by our ohana. I love taking my children and grandchildren to visit our family home in Makena. Memories are created there. I feel my connection to my father there, remember his stories and feel the love he had for his parents and grandparents there. I visit their graves and speak to our children of the sacrifices of our kupuna and teach them our mo`oku`auhau. If the cost of taxes force us to sell, what will we have left? Where will all of that good mana go? What will I tell my grandchildren when they ask to see where we come from? As a Native Hawaiian, I implore you to do the right thing and help us to care for the 'aina that has been in our family for generations.
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29. For generations, our ohana has watched the land surrounding our ancestral lands make way to tourism and high-end development, escalating the property taxes beyond our annual income. Our ohana struggles to pay the property taxes, wondering how much longer we can hold on to the very thing that is at the heart of our ohana! We need this bill! We need our elected politicians to stand up for us and protect the long standing residents who make Hawaii our home. Please pass this bill! It is the right thing to do!
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
It will be unconscionable for you to not pass this bill out of committee. The tourism industry, among others, by enticing the very rich, have fueled a metaphorical - out of control "Hawaiʻi is for sale - get yours now!" fire - that threatens to engulf anyone living in the ʻāina that that affluent mil/bil-lionare wants to build on but not - necessarily - live on. Then, the ostentatious and unaffordable mansions are flipped to others of the same ilk who also have to disburse their excess capital. And, what happens to the kānaka that have been living and working the land for generations; living on the ʻāina out of necessity? They are property-taxed out of their homes. Shame on you if you do not pass this bill!
As a descendant of the Chang and Kukahiko Ohana's Makena has always been a special and important place to me and all of my Ohana. I was named after my grandfather who farmed the land his entire life and has a beach that bears his name. I have visited the gravesites of my ancestors on Maui my entire life and it holds an important place in my heart and the hearts of all of my Ohana. My mom has not been able to afford to live on her fathers land. She is one of the only Hawaiians who was still able to buy land in the Waa Waa area of the Big Island as most land is purchased by people from the mainland.
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee.
I fully support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Mahalo.
I support BFED-78 CC 21-29
Aina Kupuna Bill BFED-78! About time! Hawaiians should be able to pass their land to the generations to come! Mahalo ke akua!
I’m writing this in support of so many families who, through numerous generations, continue to cherish their land as their home. I’m apart of one of these families. We were brought up knowing that land is our family. We nurture each other.
Taxes have caused many families to lose their land. I’ve sadly seen the land become investment properties — a sellable commodity. Is our Hawaii to lose its true beauty, its sense of community?
Aloha, as a 7th generation keiki, I am in support. I have watched my parents, aunties, uncles, and grandparents struggle to keep our home. Where my family lives, extravagant developments have driven taxes higher than the average income in Hawaii. My family is one of the lucky ones in the area who could keep their land... but for how long?
I am in support of the Aina Kupuna Bill which is long overdue. Sadly, too many families have already lost their land due to high taxes. We've not only allowed this to continue, but to escalate! LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT!
I support the ʻāina kūpuna bill BFED-78 CC 21-29 that provides tax relief for lineal descents who continue to live and care for their ancestral lands. Please support the bill by passing it out of your committee. Mahalo for your time and consideration in regards to this matter.