A hearing on SR118 [REQUESTING, FOR REVIEW BY THE LEGISLATURE AND THEAUDITOR, AN ACCOUNTING AND REPORT CONCERNING ITEMS OF VALUE, INCLUDINGVIEWING TIME ON MAUNA KEA TELESCOPES, ... MAUNA KEA.] will take place onTuesday, March 30, in Conference Room 225 of the State Capitol at 1:15p.m.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SR&billnumber=118
If you can't attend, and if you feel up to it - Please send in yourtestimony.
By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, tothe Committee at HRETestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate themeasure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual officesor any other Senate office will not be accepted.
It would seem that OHA ought to be supportive of this proposedresolution - as it would receive moneys from positive actions that maycome about as a result of this resolution - even for potential valuesthat may result from its share of "viewing time in lieu of rent."
I was one of the "sponsors" of this proposed resolution.
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The following email is one person's reaction to the meeting and publichearing of the Board of Land and Natural Resources that took place onThursday, March 25, in Hilo.
It was interesting - of the 4 Subplans that were being addressed tobecome part of the Comprehensive Management Plan for Mauna Kea approvedlast year - that contained many mistakes, inconsistencies, etc., theBoard, without any modification, approved it all.
The process was a real sham. The Chair, Laura Thielen, after viewing thelist of those who wished to testify (which included those who were onlyattending), declared that, because of the length of the list, that eachtestifier would have 2 minutes to speak.
Of course, things were already unfair - as most of those who supportedthe proposed Subplans only wanted to say that they were in support -which could take a mere 30 seconds or less, while we who had substantialcomments were bogged down.
As for me - in the 2 minutes I had, I didn't even get through the tophalf of the first page of my testimony before I was cut off.
Then, ironically, because the list included those who ONLY signed up asattendees - the many names of those called were passed over because theyweren't around and didn't intend to speak.
The hearing was then cut off - with no one allowed to finish theirtestimonies that were cut off because of the grossly inflated numbersthat the Chair had considered in deciding on the time allowed for eachtestifier.
That the proposed documents contained major mistakes, errors, etc., andis about the sloppiest work I have ever seen, the Board after asking afew questions - approved the proposed Subplans - without any amendments,corrections or other considerations - as submitted.
So - our only remedy is to ask for a contested case hearing, thenprepare for the usual appeals that the law allows. This - we will do.
ku
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[Considering the outcome of what happened], The reporters, grasped theissues at stake and delineated the positions quite accurately.
I think it was 3 for 3 in our favor. Judge for yourselves.
Excellent video clips of Cory Harden, Ku and Kealoha by Dave Corrigan ofBig Island Video News.Com
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/03/26/video-mauna-kea-cmp-subplans-approved/
West Hawaii Today reporter Nancy Cook Lauer really crunched thecontroversy themes down ....
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100326/BREAKING01/100326043/Mauna+Kea+summit+plans+approved
Hawaii Trib Herald's Peter S
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