02-23-2018, 04:08 PM
<this was a reply to Obie who has since posted he deleted that post>
With the nominal fee going to pay the new board members and OHA. Unless you're a cultural practitioner, of course, you get free access. But as many of those who testified pointed out, the bill might mean the end of astronomy on Mauna Kea. All it does is monetize Mauna Kea for the benefit of the proposed board members and OHA while attempting to remove something around 5 to 10% of the economy of the island. And it doesn't offer any solutions to the perceived problems it says it's trying to fix since many of those have already been addressed and fixed by the OMKM.
With the nominal fee going to pay the new board members and OHA. Unless you're a cultural practitioner, of course, you get free access. But as many of those who testified pointed out, the bill might mean the end of astronomy on Mauna Kea. All it does is monetize Mauna Kea for the benefit of the proposed board members and OHA while attempting to remove something around 5 to 10% of the economy of the island. And it doesn't offer any solutions to the perceived problems it says it's trying to fix since many of those have already been addressed and fixed by the OMKM.