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...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....

...The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory and the UH Hilo Hōkū Ke‘a teaching telescope were previously set to be demolished by 2021....

...House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea....

...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....

... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....

...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....

...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....

...how much will Kona Coast billionaires contribute to these 'non-profits'?....

...Representatives from member countries are expected to convene in Los Angeles in February to decide on project modalities....

...TMT Protest Site on Maunakea Left Covered in Trash....

...$87,000 to the Center for Food Safety....

“...It is now time to utilize these rules to address the issues with excessive traffic that have been raised, as well as to issue new permits for commercial tour operations....”

...from Tyler Trent, Native Hawaiian physics student....

...ensuring that four members of both the Land Use Commission and the Board of Land and Natural Resources are selected from lists submitted to the Governor by OHA....

...thirteen years of jumping through hoops....

...Yes.  There is more at stake than OHA's money grab....

...This 'agreement' helps everybody EXCEPT the telescope....

...Hawaii lost its elected county sheriffs as a result of the Massie case....

...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway."  The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue .... 

...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....

...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....

...Dec 21, 2019 2-4PM at the Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo....

• Navigator/Captain/Educator Kaelpa Baybayan
• Attorney/Educator/Cultural Practitioner Kimo Stone
• Former Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Peter Apo

...after more than a decade of working with the community and a multimillion dollar investment into Hawaii's economy, TMT must now reassess the viability of building a telescope in Hawaii.... 

"...to reflect on how we have responded as a community to challenging and sometimes polarizing issues, including but not limited to TMT...."

... A TMT Panel Discussion Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM, Hawaii State Capitol ....

...In addition to the alleged cutting of these vines, DOCARE officers found evidence that other rare plants have been trampled, either inadvertently or intentionally....

...The rules now advance through the remainder of the administrative rules process to Gov. David Ige for final approval....

...The community event, called E Ola I Ka Wai: Elevating Advocacy to Protect Our Precious Waters, is a partnership between OHA and the Waiwai Collective....

...University of Hawaii at Manoa Provost Michael Bruno delivered a formal statement paying tribute to the original inhabitants of the land....

...public testimony will be heard by the BoR at UH Hilo Wednesday November 6, 2019....

...Kyukendall 101, UH Manoa Campus, Friday Oct 18, 2:30 pm....

...Obviously this is a negotiating position. OHA is demanding decommissioning but wants rent money.  UH offers decommissioning but no money.  Now they have to trade to settle....

...The location of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents decision-making meeting on the proposed administrative rules for UH managed lands on Maunakea, scheduled for November 6, has been moved to the UH Hilo campus....

"...to get the observatories to pay lawful rent...."

...Mayor Harry Kim’s TMT plan offers nothing new, supporter says....

...the Hawai'i Supreme Court ruled that the State of Hawai'i must resolve the claims of Native Hawaiians before selling ceded lands....

... apparently Max Holloway is 'sacred' ....

...It is pretty fun to belong to a cause and feel as if you’re making a difference....

...Will Kim’s book of cash offers be enough to pull the institutional support out from under the telescope protesters camp?....

...Perhaps of interest to the Attorney General, the OHA-funded contracts illegally place the rented equipment on land belonging to DHHL, DLNR, and HDoT....

""These poll results do not deter or discourage us because we strongly believe they reflect responses to a number of issues beyond TMT."

...If the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is not built in Hawaii, it can just go to the Canary Islands, right?  Wrong....

“In the future, everybody will be Emmanuel Goldstein for 2 minutes.” – Andy Orwell....

...I have made a formal request for a statement of these expenditures....

"... It is my understanding that early attempts at hoʻoponopono to resolve this situation failed. We ask that all sides renew these efforts ...."

...The theft offense had been previously reported to police occurring two days prior in Kalapana. The suspect was found in the same tent where six Department of Transportation (DOT) plastic barricades had been located on (August 30). ...

...  They are trying to get the identity of an officer without paying a $5,000 bounty ....

...I want to work with protest leaders and others to come to a reasonable resolution that ensures safety and respects the law....