11-14-2020, 09:02 PM
Maybe the TMT should have been built on Makuu....
When I saw the photo in the article (link in my first post) showing acres of rusted cars and trucks on DHHL property I thought back to some of the arguments put forward by people who protested the TMT. Especially the proposal that an Hawaiian agency like OHA, or DHHL, etc would best be suited to manage the summit of Mauna Kea. The idea behind the suggestion was that Mauna Kea summit would be better managed and more effectively protected with direct Hawaiian oversight.
We don't know who dumped all those vehicles on the DHHL property at Maku'u, but we do know the Department of Hawaiian Homelands was the governing body in charge where and when it occurred, that DHHL allowed the illegal dumping to take place and did nothing about it for years, probably decades. In the end they turned to the County of Hawaii for help in cleaning up the mess. Like the County of Hawaii brought in workers when the garbage and leftover materials piled up at the Mauna Kea Access Road TMT protest camp.
If a county or state agency has the resources, the people, and the wherewithal for properly maintaining the land, the aina, and Mauna Kea summit is already administered by a state agency, do we really want a less effective, less efficient authority in charge? Based on this Maku'u dumpsite incident, yet another failing in a long list of DHHL dysfunction and neglect, it's a strong argument against changing the current stewardship on Mauna Kea summit.
When I saw the photo in the article (link in my first post) showing acres of rusted cars and trucks on DHHL property I thought back to some of the arguments put forward by people who protested the TMT. Especially the proposal that an Hawaiian agency like OHA, or DHHL, etc would best be suited to manage the summit of Mauna Kea. The idea behind the suggestion was that Mauna Kea summit would be better managed and more effectively protected with direct Hawaiian oversight.
We don't know who dumped all those vehicles on the DHHL property at Maku'u, but we do know the Department of Hawaiian Homelands was the governing body in charge where and when it occurred, that DHHL allowed the illegal dumping to take place and did nothing about it for years, probably decades. In the end they turned to the County of Hawaii for help in cleaning up the mess. Like the County of Hawaii brought in workers when the garbage and leftover materials piled up at the Mauna Kea Access Road TMT protest camp.
If a county or state agency has the resources, the people, and the wherewithal for properly maintaining the land, the aina, and Mauna Kea summit is already administered by a state agency, do we really want a less effective, less efficient authority in charge? Based on this Maku'u dumpsite incident, yet another failing in a long list of DHHL dysfunction and neglect, it's a strong argument against changing the current stewardship on Mauna Kea summit.