5-0 on Mauna Kea?

[Guest]

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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

Edited to add:
BTW hokuili, using your argument and logic:

* In your view Linda Lingle's Act Two was proven wrong because the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled against the Super Ferry. The project therefore could not proceed despite Lingle's support and preference.

Correct?

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Actually, no.

I was pointing out that the Supremes struck down Lingle's Act Two, not the Ferry itself...

From: https://www.thenation.com/article/hawaii...uperferry/

"The ruling struck down as “unconstitutional” a law instigated by right-wing Republican Governor Linda Lingle called Act Two"

Note that the emphasis is on the law not the Ferry.

Keep in mind, I was doing so to point to kalakoa's reference to the idea that Lingle could better serve the TMT, asking if another circumventing of our laws is what he was implying.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Note that the emphasis is on the law not the Ferry.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.
So in the case of the TMT, who does the law support, the observatory or the protestors? Who is following the law, the TMT or the protestors?

[kalakoa]

And what, pray tell, would she do?

Make a decision. Follow the rule of law. Possibly fight in court over it.

Maybe Lingle would get the TMT built, maybe not -- but either is preferable to wasting $15M to accomplish nothing.

[lisa]

Acomplishing nothing can be a big budget item in Hawaii, it appears.

[kalakoa]

Rebuilding highway 132: $6.5M.

Not enforcing the rule of law: $15M.

Providing actual services (building permits, transfer stations): "not enough staff".

[kalakoa]

Better (worse) example: Mass Transit (eg, the bus) has a budget of $15.7M, and 75% of the bus fleet is inoperable.