07-14-2015, 11:14 AM
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"It's a warning to any ventures in the future, better get consensus from the people who's views matter the most."
"people whose views matter most", yeah.
"...asserting their right as people of the land."
what qualifies a person to be a "people of the land" anyway, results deemed sufficient from a genealogical DNA test kit? who isn't a "people of the land"? ARRR, maybe a salty pirate ...or a hot air balloonist.
anyway, just say no to telescopes to help return the kingdom to the people whose views matter most in our society.
Very cynical. So I take it you have no roots you value?
Who's views matter the most? Anyone that has a stake in the outcome, and the priority radiates from there decreasing in importance. Does the TMT have a direct effect on you positive or negative? Will the ecology affect well-being and value of where and how you live?
If I was born and raised here, I'd fight to know exactly what effect anything will have on the land first and foremost, like where does the waste go? How much waste will have to be disposed of? Traffic? Water? Is the impact beneficial and worth it to majority of people that live around it?
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Since the inception of Statehood, business in Hawai'i has been tailored to provide for few, not the many. It still exists, to some extent. Those of us born prior to Statehood, recall a better day, when the wise, old souls (Kupuna) led the way.
We are all responsible for empowering the wise old souls. I feel fortunate for having arrived here in Puna while it's pristine (by mainland standards). I didn't come here looking for the same mess I left, and I feel compelled to protect it's state. I hope locals, no matter where you originated, will do their best to support locally owned businesses, to practice good stewardship and band together to invest in the growth and deny that growth to outside vultures looking for a kill. I love this place, love the isolation, the wilderness, and also love there is all the infrastructure required for modern life. Living (and even wasting) in it has more value than life of 9-5 living in a cubicle for the conscious portion of your life.