Newswatch

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, July 17, 1996

The resolution seeks to have a progressive income-tax surtax ranging from 1 percent to 9 percent imposed on isle residents earning $100,000 or more annually.

But the committee jettisoned a resolution calling for an increase in the state's highest income tax bracket - now at 10 percent on couples earning $40,000 or more annually and on individuals earning $20,000 or more - to help fund health and human services that have been slashed by budget cuts.

When the Democratic state convention ended in late May, some democratic lawmakers were upset that they were going into the election season saddled with the party's tax-hike resolutions.

Fire Department rescue personnel, police, and Cajski's father and other family members from Oahu have been searching the West Hawaii coast near Anaehoomalu Bay since the 20-year-old man's borrowed Toyota Land Cruiser was found there Saturday.

Roommate Richard Speaker, who often would go to the bay with Cajski, said his friend wouldn't go out alone.

Cajski's mother Suzanne held out hope yesterday that her son might be found in sea caves along the shore, but Speaker says he's not aware of any such caves.

Police/Fire


By Star-Bulletin staff

The suspect, of Kaneohe, was a passenger in a truck that the officer pulled over in Kalihi around 10:45 p.m. at Omilo and Ola lanes. The driver fled and is being sought.

On the man's lap was a computer, apparently one of numerous pieces of office equipment taken in the burglary, police said. Pastor Bruce Betker discovered the break-in at 7:30 a.m. Monday, police said. The burglars apparently had cut their way through a glass window to get inside. Betker had locked the church office at 1 p.m. the day before.

The officer spotted the driver of a red Ford pickup driving erratically on the H-1 freeway Ewa-bound lanes near the Likelike offramp without his lights on. He attempted to pull the truck over, and the driver finally stopped near Ola Lane.

The passenger was booked for second-degree burglary and possession of stolen property.

The officer also found a Bank of Hawaii deposit bag apparently belonging to St. Mark Lutheran Church in the truck's cab. In the bed of the truck was an air conditioning unit taken from the church, police said.