08-18-2018, 07:02 PM
This is not related to the $680 million dollar stuff, but I am absolutely shocked by HiloPuna's defense of Kahele. Yes, he used a gut-and-replace technique and according to you that's just fine. However, what he did was re-introduce a bill that nearly 100% of public testimony was against. So, to get around that, he gutted a completely different bill and re-introduced it without the chance for public testimony. Are you really saying that's ethical? I can't even start to think there's anything ethical to that. Unless you're a politician.
Then, after that, he went around the islands making several presentations about his plan for replacing OMKM, which is fine, he can do that, but in his presentations would start off with complete lies about the TMT knowing that his changes would kill the TMT and probably the rest of astronomy on Mauna Kea. That is on record. Ethical? No way. Truthful? No. Simply after his own interests? I would have to say yes.
Then, after that, he went around the islands making several presentations about his plan for replacing OMKM, which is fine, he can do that, but in his presentations would start off with complete lies about the TMT knowing that his changes would kill the TMT and probably the rest of astronomy on Mauna Kea. That is on record. Ethical? No way. Truthful? No. Simply after his own interests? I would have to say yes.