11-14-2008, 05:24 AM
"Opposing the ban were: a few UH Manoa researchers with vested interest in protecting their own research agendas, the Hilo Chamber of Commerce, the state level Farm Bureau, and a couple of other folks."
Wednesday in the HTH there was a full-page ad supporting the veto signed by about 100 people, including orchid, flower, papaya, banana, coffee and taro growers, and about 40 PhDs. I think they'd know more about genetics than theologians and people who claim to be descended from taro.
The research money will just go elsewhere.
Wednesday in the HTH there was a full-page ad supporting the veto signed by about 100 people, including orchid, flower, papaya, banana, coffee and taro growers, and about 40 PhDs. I think they'd know more about genetics than theologians and people who claim to be descended from taro.
The research money will just go elsewhere.