Hawaii’s four counties on Wednesday filed a petition for extraordinary writ with the state Supreme Court, asking justices to invalidate a question on the November ballot for a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to place a “surcharge” on investment real estate to support public schools.
The City and County of Honolulu and Hawaii, Kauai and Maui counties had filed a lawsuit last month seeking to strike the question from the Nov. 6 ballot, but 1st Circuit Judge Jeff Crabtree…
