TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[Eric1600]

I would also like to add that thanks to PUEO I've heard many stories now about struggling Hawaiians who have become successful thanks to TMT and other telescope programs.

Here is an example from their https://facebook.com/alohapueo page in response to one of the anti-TMT people:

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Amber Imai: ...I am one of the "kids" you speak of, and I work at a research firm, I can pay off my student loans. I went to UH Manoa and graduated with an engineering degree. I am a Kanaka Maoli from Keaau. When I went there, our teachers told us we had the lowest test scores in the nation. My teachers told me I would never amount to anything because I am dyslexic. In high school participated in various STEM programs when they were struggling (more than now) like high school robotics, HECO's electric car competition, the Akamai Workforce Initiative, albeit before TMT started the THINK Fund. Those programs (most of which are majorly funded by the THINK Fund) help hundreds of local Big Island students to be able to pursue their dreams. The advances in technology that space science provides allows us the conveniences in life, and helps to advance the medical and food production industries.

My family opposed the previous telescopes being built because of poor practices, but they support TMT because they are doing their best to do whats right by the Hawaiian People.

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(TMT is currently a major funder for THINK and Akamai programs)