TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[MarkP]

My brother came to UH to study astronomy in the mid '80s and ended up working at the Infra-Red Telescope Facility for many years. He has been to the summit dozens of times over the years. Granted he was not there all the time but in those dozens of trips, if there had been so much cultural activity going on, you would expect he would have observed it at least a few times. He doesn't remember seeing much. I don't doubt that some cultural activity has been going on and I don't expect his anecdotal evidence to define the true level of cultural activity. I reiterate that he may not have been there at the right times. The IRTF views infrared and he was often there at night although he did stay at the dorms at Hale Pohaku and came and went during the day. However the activity he observed was inconsistent with that implied by the present day protesters.