TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[pahoated]

Yeah, like TMT has had such good lawyers. The pulling of the permit was due to TMT not completing their community hearings, prior to the permit being issued. This was a legal loophole and Aloha Aina lawyers found it, 7 years old, and successfully presented during the time this thread started.

It's more of a headache for UHH than anybody else. Their enrollment is going down, for all the telescopes were supposed to bring to this island, UHH only has a BS in astronomy. The employment opportunities line was used in the 60's to get the first observatory shoe horned in. Trying to use the same line over 50 years later, with no results to support it, wasn't a real good strategy.

The unavoidable truth is the astronomy community has done a real good job of distancing themselves from locals, and the observatory employment is almost totally imported visitors, resulting in a lot of malihini meltdowns, for one reason or another.

Bottom line is there is going to be the final public hearing before applying for the permit again. That whole process will probably take at least two years, considering next year is an election year. The ball is back in TMT's court. They really ought to rethink the local jobs/education line because people aren't buying that anymore.

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