08-10-2017, 04:45 PM
Good analysis by Ian Lind.
A Judge’s Findings Leave TMT Opponents Few Options
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/08/ian-lin...w-options/
"The findings come down heavily in favor of approval of the TMT, and appear to make it much more difficult for opponents to succeed in blocking the project."
Ian pinpoints the effective strategy used during the second contested case hearing by U of H and TIO.
"However, it appears that the University of Hawaii and TMT International Observatory, the nonprofit organization created to design, build and operate the Thirty Meter Telescope, made good use of the replay to focus and strengthen their presentation the second time around."
Pisciotta and company were doomed from the start once their attorney bailed out on them right before the beginning of the hearing. If that tactic was meant to slow the hearing down to a snail's pace, forcing the decision past TIO's start of construction deadline, it failed.
They were left to flounder on their own as they tried to figure out how to present their case.
Larry Sinkin has moved to North Dakota to tilt at more windmills.
It turns out that Sinkin is not licensed to practice law in Hawaii.
Lind concludes:
"It seems to me Amano presented a strong case in her findings and recommendations. It will make it much more difficult for TMT opponents to gain much legal traction for their arguments going forward, and that will be a bitter pill for many to swallow."
A Judge’s Findings Leave TMT Opponents Few Options
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/08/ian-lin...w-options/
"The findings come down heavily in favor of approval of the TMT, and appear to make it much more difficult for opponents to succeed in blocking the project."
Ian pinpoints the effective strategy used during the second contested case hearing by U of H and TIO.
"However, it appears that the University of Hawaii and TMT International Observatory, the nonprofit organization created to design, build and operate the Thirty Meter Telescope, made good use of the replay to focus and strengthen their presentation the second time around."
Pisciotta and company were doomed from the start once their attorney bailed out on them right before the beginning of the hearing. If that tactic was meant to slow the hearing down to a snail's pace, forcing the decision past TIO's start of construction deadline, it failed.
They were left to flounder on their own as they tried to figure out how to present their case.
Larry Sinkin has moved to North Dakota to tilt at more windmills.
It turns out that Sinkin is not licensed to practice law in Hawaii.
Lind concludes:
"It seems to me Amano presented a strong case in her findings and recommendations. It will make it much more difficult for TMT opponents to gain much legal traction for their arguments going forward, and that will be a bitter pill for many to swallow."