I am retired and bought a 2ed home for retirement income that is now quite valuable.  My property taxes under schedule A have gone sky high.  The only way I can hold on to my
2ed home is to rent it out short term.  If you eliminate this option I will sell it and it will be sold to a mainlander who will use it as a second home and if short term rental is not allowable it will stand empty for most of the year making no contribution to the local economy.   We have a shortage of affordable rentals on this Island and instead of the witch hunt on TVUs politicians should be focused on policies that result in more rentals built.  
Regulate do not eliminate.