TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

[MarkP]

TMT Corp has had permission to build...twice. If this time doesn't stick nobody in their right mind would stick around for more and no new business partners will come. As bad as the State of Hawaii has been at honoring its contracts the sovereignty activists would be 10 times worse.

I too think that Hawaii will remain a state as long as the US remains a nation but if there were a reinstated Hawaiian Kingdom on its own there would be a gold rush atmosphere as various nations sought to cozy up to the Kingdom to get what they could get. China probably, Russia, and possibly N. Korea would make really strong plays to seal the deal. Like with an abusive spouse, after the honeymoon things would be less fun. Ask Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Tibet what being China's date is like.