TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[Eric1600]

In other news, the case hearing got underway on Friday. According to http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...mt-motions

We see a wild list of accusations and drama. Here's a sample:

• Mehana Kihoi, who protested against TMT on the mountain last year, discussed a motion to remove PUEO from the contested case. She said their interests are already covered by TMT and the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the permit applicant, and that they can’t prove an injury.
• He [Richard Wurdeman, attorney for the original six contested case petitioners] argues TMT’s application is flawed because the 2010 document is signed by TMT Observatory Corp., not TMT International Observatory, which is the observatory’s new entity.
• “We come to you to seek justice,” said Stephanie Tabbada. She added that “genocide” and “war crimes” were being committed against Native Hawaiians.
• “The burden of proof is on the applicant to provide proof Mauna Kea is in the state of Hawaii,” said Maelani Lee.
• Several argued the annexation of Hawaii by the United States was illegal and that the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists. ...But Amano said those are political questions that she can’t address during this process. Sometimes, that point had to be repeated.
• With many of the parties representing themselves, the hearing at times was bogged down with confusion about the process to file and respond to motions.

The case continues on Aug 12 to go through the filings because Wurdeman didn't get officially served some of the state's documentation.