By Nancy Cook Lauer West Hawaii Today ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com
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HILO — West Hawaii’s three council districts, home to a third of the island’s approximately 198,000 people, continues to be the county government’s cash cow, accounting for almost 70 percent of property tax revenues under rate hikes planned by Mayor

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