text: This is not a "creative solution" as English puts it. It is the obvious, and wrong, solution of taxing hotels further.  People whine about Hawaii being an expensive destination and you can thank your lawmakers for that.  Taxes like this cause hotels to charge more when there are millions of dollars of taxes left on the table from airbnb and others.  This is not a creative solution, it is a cop out.  Mayor Caldwell claims to understand that how important the visitor industry is to the state and then he flops on an issue like this.  Pathetic all around.