Potential restrictions to Mauna Kea access

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I have wondered for some time now what the issue of the TMT is really about...more than the TMT itself, I think. Simmering anger about Hawaiian issues. Money, reparations. Economic distress. Sovereignty. Questions of title, land ownership, what is allowed on land and who it really belongs to. It seems to be very complicated and there is nothing like an agreed-upon petition for what changes are really wanted. TMT negotiated for years in good faith and now what has been agreed upon is not enough because there is so much more that protesters want; it is just not clear what those things are because they do not, at least not yet, agree with each other on what is wanted. The telescopes have been a rallying point but what is below the surface is murky but passionate...

If I were a journalist, I would start asking protestors individually: putting aside for the moment anything at all to do with telescopes...what do you want to see happen in or for Hawai'i?

Pam in CA