HILO – A special meeting of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents in Hilo was packed just before noon on Thursday. On the agenda for discussion: “The Management of Mauna Kea and the Mauna Kea Science Reserve”, a topic which drew hundreds both opposed to and in support of the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope planned for the Northern Plateau of summit of the mountain.
UPDATE (1 p.m.) – So far, the meeting has been dominated by testimony from those in opposition to the TMT development on Mauna Kea. Speaker after speaker, many of whom have been actively involved in the movement to defend the sacred mountain, told the regents and other university officials that the massive observatory is being built in the wrong place. University officials were also told that the Kingdom of Hawaii still exists, and is under the prolonged occupation of the United States. They say the development of the telescope is a war crime under international law. UH students pointed to the recent incident involving American Flags on the campus. The students say the university – which has agreed to their terms for displaying the American flags beside the Hawaiian flag, on separate flag poles – has by its action recognized that the laws of occupation are applicable and should be followed.
UPDATE (3:10 p.m.) – Hours of emotional testimony ended at 3 p.m. when the university concluded the meeting. Officials promised to hold another in the near future in order to hear from everyone who wants to testify. However, at the time of this update, people were still speaking to the crowd inside the university lecture hall.
Those who oppose TMT for cultural, environmental or political reasons are struggling to block the project from continuing. On April 2, 31 people were arrested for obstructing construction crews on the road to the summit area. Since then, the opposition has grown and the awareness has spread globally thanks in large part to social media. TMT began a two week moratorium after the arrests, and in that time the corporation and its supporters developed a counter argument to the opposition that relies on increased media engagement and a new website.
The UH Board of Regents “formulates policy and exercises control over the university through its executive officer, the university president,” according to the UH System website. The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the internal structure, management and operation of the university, and has already voted to approve the project and the terms of the sublease. The master lease was granted to the university by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. UH and the land board are currently working on an extension of the master lease.
The board is composed of 15 volunteer regents who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature.
The Thirty Meter Telescope Project is being developed as a collaboration among the California Institute of Technology, University of California, the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), and the national institutes of Japan, China, and India. Major funding has been provided by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation.
I knew the convicted murderer Abel Lui had to be in the mix somewhere, and there he is at the beginning of the video saying “Thank You”. I wonder if the felon David Sai came to tell everyone his false tales of “Hawaii is not really part of the United States”?
Dude the jigs up….
You mean the scam the racist sovereignty fringe has been perpetrating on the good citizens of this State?
Let’s have the U.N. decide its only common logic from here on out….
Looks like your out of a job in Hawaii?
it’s not false! Judge in Hawaii just took judicial notice of the fact that the Hawaiian Kingdom exists….
What Judge and what case? Or is this just another guy that knows a guy who knows a judge?
OK some circuit court judge is going to allow evidence that the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists. The “evidence” still must be proven in a court case, and it has been found bogus before. David Sai was found guilty of a felony for ripping off his fellow Hawaiians in his mortgage fraud scam using said “evidence”. See: “David Sai and the Perfect Title Scam”.
What do you mean my “job”?
I think he mean to say… shaddap!
Another mean hater and poopy mouth. tmt petition.
Haha someone is not too happy:(
I’m pretty easy going. My happiness does not rely on a bunch of racists crying in their soup. My aim is to fight racism and twisted history. That is all. BTW, don’t think for a second you have changed anything at the U of H, the TMT will be built! Go TMT!
Haha yeah go tmt far from here
Do you always vote your own comments up, tmt petition, I guess once you start deceiving you just can’t stop yourself, eh?
Oh and Kanaka votes for himself too. You sovereignty fringers are just too much!
No my fingers are too big and it’s not cuz I’m fat
http://historymystery.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/04/04/liliuokalanis-abdication-and-loyalty-oath/
Same for him too now days they got iphones and androids if you haven’t noticed. Check out your service providers I think it’s free with a upgrade contract.
Comon dive you know I’m not clicking on that link.we don’t know what to expect given your history sorry
More slander? My ‘history” is impeccable.
Yah you and Hillary. “I just can’t get it to do what I want, it’s like it has a mind of its own”. LOL What a lame excuse!
Are the “iphones and the androids” part of Polynesian-Hawaiian culture today? You bet they are!
NOPE. The Judge took “JUDICIAL NOTICE” of the facts that the Hawaii Kingdom still exists. It’s a FACT now.
http://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/state-of-hawaii-judge-rules-hawaiian-kingdom-still-exists/
Wrong again Karen. Here is the first part of the story. I urge all to go to her link and read. Karen is wrong again.
HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I—Today, Dexter K. Kaiama, attorney for Kaiula Kalawe English and Robin Wainuhea Dudoit, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Hawai’i Supreme Court in Honolulu seeking an order to compel Judge Joseph E. Cardoza to dismiss the criminal
cases against his clients because Judge Cardoza took judicial notice
that the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist, which admits that the
State of Hawai‘i did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the
arrests and criminal proceedings. Judge Cardoza refused to dismiss the criminal complaints despite taking judicial notice that the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
What does the word NOT mean to Karen?
Then go to: “historymystery.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/04/04/liliuokalanis-abdication-and-loyalty-oath/”
You, Sir, apparently do not understand what “JUDICIAL NOTICE” means! The Judge admitted that it is a FACT now that the Hawaiian Kingdom exists.
The Judicial Notice does NOT have to be proven again in a court case. That is what Judicial Notice is all about!
He obviously realized that matters of State and Country are out of his jurisdiction. He is a simple Circuit Court Judge.
Not to put him down. I’m just making the point that he does not have the jurisdiction regardless what he may have thought in the past or his personal opinion is.
Until a higher court rules, he cannot base his decision on these points.
Boy, I’m glad you’re not my lawyer!
That is not what Judicial Notice is all about. You NEED an attorney!
Judicial Notice
A doctrine of evidence applied by a court that allows the court to recognize and accept the existence of a particular fact commonly known by persons of average intelligence without establishing its existence by admitting evidence in a civil or criminal action.
When a court takes judicial notice of a certain fact, it obviates the need for parties to prove the fact in court.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Judicial+Notice
Young Lady, he stated he does NOT have jurisdiction. What part of NOT don’t you understand? Grasping at straws?
….Hummmmm…Your Story seems one sided… you printed the reasons the “Con” People were there….how about saying(in print) why the “Pro” people were present?…
Atleast you right about 1 thing. What you think. You heard the guy in the video he say we made it through the existing telescopes.
You are NOT understanding what JUDICIAL NOTICE is….It is on the record now, decided by a Judge that the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists.
Dave. Here is a link to tmt petition’s Facebook profile. She used to go by Live Aloha but her real name is Ida Marie Bermudez Ramey. She likes to use the word “donkey” a lot. Well, when you have such limited use of the English language, I guess that is the best she could do. LOL
https://www.facebook.com/idamarie.bermudezramey?pnref=friends.search
Still stupid, huh Ida?
Read my post above. When Ida is showing her ignorance here, she is applying yet another coat of foundation paint on her face. https://www.facebook.com/idamarie.bermudezramey?pnref=friends.search