On HTA funding
Why are any taxpayer dollars allocated to the HTA? It should be 100 percent funded by the resorts and other private businesses that directly benefit from tourism.
Further, do they really need to promote Kaua‘i or Hawai‘i as a tourist destination anymore? I think the word is out.
That money could be used to benefit all Hawaiians by using it to fix potholes, replace bridges, add more police and fire personnel, and other universal items of infrastructure instead of using it to promote tourism.
James Howe, Kalaheo
