Kingdom still exists
It is of the utmost arrogance of scientists, whether they are from the U.S. or France, Canada, Japan, et al, to assume the need for science and jobs trumps Native Hawaiian sacred rights.
The state of Hawaii is not the authority to straighten out the situation, nor is the University of Hawaii. Neither of them have sovereignty in this matter. It should be sorted out like all international matters — at the United Nations (a body I have little to zero confidence in).
The Kingdom of Hawaii still exists in the eyes of a holy creator since it was ripped from Lili‘uokalani illegally in 1893. The state of Hawaii only exists in the context of the U.S. The U.S. stole the lands of the Iroquois and the Cherokee confederacies, which occupied (at their heights) all the land east of the Mississippi and Arkansas and half of Texas.
Other than ignorantly giving away Manhattan, half of the land of the U.S. was stolen to include lands that make up Washington, D.C. Therefore, the Cherokee and Iroquois were ousted illegally by those bastard British/French/Spanish! In the eyes of a holy creator it belongs to the aforementioned Native Americans, not the devils who took the land.
When Jesus comes back, he will straighten it all out.
Michael H. Quay
Pahoa
Not a ‘win-win’
Let’s say the Thirty Meter Telescope is not built here, and they are forced to build it in the Canary Islands.
I’m sure TMT would turn around and sue the state and maybe the county for a billion dollars.
Then TMT will be built in the Canary Islands, on the backs of Hawaii’s taxpayers. That money would probably come from the retirement pension fund, all University of Hawaii programs and every state department such as Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of Land and Natural Resources, just to name a handful. Also future pay raises and future tax hikes.
One way or another TMT, will be forever connected to Hawaii. You can thank your lucky stars or all the protectors for it.
B. Heidenfeldt
Hilo
Sewage hypocrisy
Regarding “TMT and groundwater” (Tribune-Herald, Aug. 4): I have to wonder whether anyone cares about the 20,000-plus gallons of raw sewage that is being flushed into the ground by Puna residents every day (cesspools)?
Glass houses?
Not likely to get much Hollywood “star power” support, though.
Joel Aycock
Keaau