08-13-2020, 09:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2020, 09:55 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
The Hawaii County Ethics Board met Wednesday, and many asked why the law isn't enforced at Mauna Kea Access Road. One example:
“The protest camp is illegal,” said Lisa Malakaua, who filed the petition along with Mike Nathaniel. “Why is it that the county can enforce the law everywhere else but not in this situation?”
Another:
“We have laws in place for a purpose — ... “If our state and county officials find it difficult to be impartial when exercising their duties, then they have no right being there.”
One of the TMT protestors complained about a lack of public notice, although the meeting is posted both online and at the county building. She then called the Ethics Board unethical:
“I don’t believe your commission has provided ample public notice to give the public an opportunity to testify. … I believe that was clearly unethical,” Wong-Wilson said.
In the end the board postponed any action until September.
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/08/...september/
“The protest camp is illegal,” said Lisa Malakaua, who filed the petition along with Mike Nathaniel. “Why is it that the county can enforce the law everywhere else but not in this situation?”
Another:
“We have laws in place for a purpose — ... “If our state and county officials find it difficult to be impartial when exercising their duties, then they have no right being there.”
One of the TMT protestors complained about a lack of public notice, although the meeting is posted both online and at the county building. She then called the Ethics Board unethical:
“I don’t believe your commission has provided ample public notice to give the public an opportunity to testify. … I believe that was clearly unethical,” Wong-Wilson said.
In the end the board postponed any action until September.
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/08/...september/