TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[MarkP]

These are the same people who have basically never won a case but keep filing lawsuits, right? The rule of law requires that they be given their day in court. That says nothing about whether they have anything legitimate to say or whether the case has real merit. In this case the BLNR should have sat through the contested case hearing, merit-less though it was like all the others. There is no reason to believe that the permits won't be granted again. This latest ruling is based on a technicality, the failure to sit through a contested case hearing that would almost certainly have not borne fruit for the protesters. Their overall strategy might still bear fruit in that they might succeed in so fouling the creative environment and business climate that nobody will try to do anything worthwhile in Hawaii. Given the pathetic performance of the state I wouldn't blame the TMT folks if they quit out of sheer frustration. Frankly it would serve us right. It goes without saying what a disaster that would be for everyone outside a core group of malcontents.