TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[TomK]

A couple of articles piqued my interest today. First one by Andrew Cooper, an engineer at the Kecks and an extraordinarily talented amateur astronomer. He's stopped observing on Mauna Kea recently:

http://darkerview.com/wordpress/?p=16020

(same article was posted here - http://www.civilbeat.com/connections/bri...the-stars/

"Even in the isolated places away from the protest camp the peace of the mountain has been shattered. The dissension and animosity has changed this place. Right or wrong I have come to blame the protesters for this. When the protests first arrived I waved as I passed the camp each day, I made occasion to talk. I find I can no longer do that, I resent what they have done to the mountain I have come to love. Many I have met have truly exemplified the Kapu Aloha, but so many do not. Their understandable frustration has fermented into something unsettling."

And this evening this one about the hit local tour companies are taking:

http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...r-business

"“We’ve already lost $50,000 for this,” Sessions said. “We have people collecting temporary unemployment.”"

Now there are complaints about the VIS being closed as well as the restrooms. Frankly, I feel they should have been closed to the protesters when feces were smeared on the VIS restroom walls and VIS staff had to deal with clear intimidation when the protest first started.

Edited for clarification.