A 16% increase! That’s what the city claims our home has increased in value. How is this possible, when both real estate sales and prices are down or flat?

A previous letter writer’s proposal for a budget-based city revenue system is spot-on (“Base taxes on budget, not housing market,” Letters, Star-Advertiser, Dec. 15). The current property tax system is used by politicians as their personal piggy bank and will continue through perpetuity unless it’s stopped now.

Glenn Young

Aina Haina

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