12-28-2021, 07:47 AM
I wrote this in the TMT construction thread:
"As HOTPE mentioned, public comments are still welcome and are supposed to be considered. You can do that by emailing maunakeaWG@capitol.hawaii.gov which is from
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/specialcommittee.aspx?comm=mkwg&year=2021
In my personal opinion, the working group is biased given its membership and I'm not at all hopeful public feedback will be given weight, but there is no harm in providing your own feedback."
If you support astronomy and in particular the educational and job opportunities it provides to those on the island, please send your comments to the working group. It was set up by politicians who know little to nothing about science and the impact astronomy has in Hawaii and the rest of the world. However, they will listen to public opinion especially if the comments are sensible, reasonable, and make sense. This is an opportunity to give local kids hope of a decent future in which they don't have to leave the islands to get a good job and to make Hawaii the center of excellence for astronomy and astrophysics on the whole planet and all the good things that will come with that. The alternative is a future with little or no opportunities for children and the world seeing Hawaii as a backwater and what few jobs are left are at the hotels.
"As HOTPE mentioned, public comments are still welcome and are supposed to be considered. You can do that by emailing maunakeaWG@capitol.hawaii.gov which is from
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/specialcommittee.aspx?comm=mkwg&year=2021
In my personal opinion, the working group is biased given its membership and I'm not at all hopeful public feedback will be given weight, but there is no harm in providing your own feedback."
If you support astronomy and in particular the educational and job opportunities it provides to those on the island, please send your comments to the working group. It was set up by politicians who know little to nothing about science and the impact astronomy has in Hawaii and the rest of the world. However, they will listen to public opinion especially if the comments are sensible, reasonable, and make sense. This is an opportunity to give local kids hope of a decent future in which they don't have to leave the islands to get a good job and to make Hawaii the center of excellence for astronomy and astrophysics on the whole planet and all the good things that will come with that. The alternative is a future with little or no opportunities for children and the world seeing Hawaii as a backwater and what few jobs are left are at the hotels.