TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[TomK]

I posted a few days ago that I feared the relationship between the current observatory staff and the protesters might start to break down, and my impression is that's certainly happening. It started when the protesters blocked the road to everyone, including those at Hale Pohaku and those already at the summit. Understanding changed to tolerance and then hostility from the protesters. Observatory staff trying to reach their facilities for urgent maintenance were stopped by rocks in the road and some blatant intimidation and hostility by some protesters. They put people's lives at risk, and the potential of them doing that again needs to be prevented. The behavior of the observatory crews has not changed, but the protesters' has. It became clear at that point their agenda was not just about the TMT, no matter how many times they say that.

Andrew Cooper seems to share my observations.

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