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December  2005
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12/25/05 "Your Property Tax Bill Also Depends On Rate"

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12/18/05 "Yen To Spend Will Be Irrestible"

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12/11/05 "yes, Continue To conform But Not With A Percentage"

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12/04/05 "You Can't Throw The Baby Out With The Bath Water"  

November  2005
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11/27/05 "Willingness To Make Hard Decisions Scarce"

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11/20/05 "Will Economic Commission Learn Tax Compliance?"

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11/13/05 "Will We Realize Heavy Tax Burden Stifles Economic Growth?"

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11/06/05 "Whether Or Not Hawaii Should Have A Sales Tax Instead"

October  2005
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10/30/05 "Vexing Situation Created By Speculation"

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10/23/05 "Viable Economy Threatened With Lack Of Investment"

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10/16/05 "Villain Hidden In The Cost Of Doing Business"

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10/09/05 "Upping The Cost Of Doing Business In Hawaii"

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10/02/05 "Vulnerable Docks, Hawaii's Lifeline"

September 2005
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9/25/05 "Ultimately We All Pay For Lawmakers' Ignorance"

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9/18/05 "Unveil Tax Credit Beneficiaries"

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9/11/05 "Utilizing Federal Credit Surrenders Policy Making"

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9/04/05 "Understanding The Need For Tax Relief"

August 2005
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8/28/05 "Take Care In Handling That Surplus" 

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8/21/05 "Tax Hike Imbedded in Prices Will Affect Everyone"

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8/14/05 "Try To Make Government More Efficient" 

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8/07/05 "Taking Hawaii's Economy To A New Level"

July 2005
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7/31/05 "Sticking The Tax To Time Shares"

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7/24/05 "So, It Will Be Just Another Half Cent?"

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7/17/05 "Should We Require Lawmakers To Run A Business?"

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7/10/05 "Questions On Transit Abound, Answers Still Political"

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7/03/05 "Staying The Course To Economic Stability"

June 2005

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6/26/05 "Reasons For Postponement Are Numerous" 

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6/19/05 "Restore Integrity To Tax System"

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6/12/05 "Rising Need For Government To Downsize"

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6/05/05 "Risk Taking Not Part Of Government Lexicon"

 

May 2005

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5/29/05 "Quit Trying to Deny It Won't Hurt Taxpayers"

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5/22/05 "Quantifying the Mistake Can Occur Only By Doing It"

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5/15/05 "Quest for Revenues Will Drive Property Tax Rate"

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5/08/05 "Questionable Increase in Conveyance Tax"

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5/01/05 "Quest for Affordable Housing Disingenuous"

 

April 2005

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4/24/05 "Public Employees Pay Raise Sends Tax Relief Up in Smoke"

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4/17/05 "Pursuing a Windfall of Dollars"

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4/10/05 "Paying Even More for Affordable Housing as a Result of Ignorance"

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4/03/05 "Putting Ego Before the Will of the People"

 

March 2005

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3/27/05 "Other Bits and Pieces Taken from Tax Pie"

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3/20/05 "Other Tax Proposals Under the Radar"

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3/13/05 "Obtuse Legislation Takes Shape at Capitol"

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3/06/05 "Opportunities Abound to Finance Transit System"

 

February 2005

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2/27/05 "Nonsense Amounts to Nothing But Pandering"

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2/20/05 "Not a Sales Tax So Don't Treat It Like One"

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2/13/05 "No Fiscal Responsibility At All"

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2/06/05 "Lawmakers Must Alleviate Regressive 4% Tax"

 

January 2005

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1/30/05 "Making a Square Peg Fit a Round Hole"

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1/23/05 "Mitigating the Impact of Hawaii's General Excise Tax"

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1/16/05 "Misunderstanding What Makes the Economy Tick"

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1/09/05 "Mucking Up Tax Code Clouds Predictability"

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1/02/05 "Making Errors - Intentional or Not - Can Be Dangerous"

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