KAHEA
Aloha ,
In response to our call (along with hundreds of you!) for a full audit of finances on Mauna Kea, the University of Hawai'i is working with a few lawmakers to water down our resolution at the legislature to a weak promise to audit themselves.
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Self-audit? We don't think so. After all, what's a state audit without the State Auditor? Telescopes on the mountain are rented out for upwards of $150,000 per night. In return the people of Hawai'i receive $1/year or less in lease rent.
Mauna Kea is our public land. Please tell legislators to throw out the watered down UH version of our audit resolutions (HR226 HD1/HR 311 HD1 and SR 118 SD 1/SCR 227 SD 1) and RESTORE the orignal, strong language (click here to read the original House resolutions and original Senate resolutions)! Just a few seconds to click and send your critical testimony on this issue below!
Today, in the midst of our economic crisis in Hawai'i--as schools struggle to get kids back in classrooms for a full school week--UH is evading a call for a simple audit on how millions of dollars are being earned and used by some of the wealthiest institutions and nations in the world for their telescopes on Mauna Kea.
We know that:
- The law requires fair market rent be paid for all leases of "ceded" public trust land, like Mauna Kea (HRS 171). To assess fair market rent, an financial audit is required.
- Artifically low--$1/year--rent has for 40 years accelerated desecration and destruction of summit resources, with little or no transparency or accountability.
- If proper rent been paid over just the last ten years--the state would have collected $500 million dollars--which is almost one-half of the current state budget shortfall.
You can make a difference today! Just a few seconds to click and send your critically-needed testimony and get these important resolutions back on track at the state legislature. Mahalo!
Mahalo nui,
Us Guys at KAHEA
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We need to evict everyone off the hill. There is no accoutability, transparency, nor the science that our children will need to endure our oceans soup--toxic soup that is. Kaohi