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Mr. Robinson: Time please. <br /> Ms. Crutcher: In 1968. The things...not laws but the things that have happened <br /> up there, that were manipulated by the government to make sure <br /> TMT's got put in. They ignore and to me that's not pono. Nothing <br /> with Mauna Kea, as far as I'm concerned, has been pono with this <br /> government and that is so sad. Because if they had been pono, this <br /> island, you wouldn't be having all this contamination... <br /> Mr. Robinson: Your time please. <br /> Ms. Crutcher: That's the main thing I wanted to say. Yeah. <br /> Mr. Robinson: Thank you very much. We really appreciate you coming and <br /> testifying today. <br /> Ms. Crutcher: There is one other thing though. You know. I believe it's like a <br /> church. And if you listen to other churches, nobody else gets to <br /> talk about what happens to their church. How come all of a sudden <br /> my church gets picked on? Thank you. <br /> Mr. Robinson: Thank you. Okay. Becky Thurston. <br /> Ms. Thurston: Aloha, my name is Becky Thurston. I live in Waimea, here on the <br /> Big Island. I've lived here for over 50 years. This is home. This <br /> is home to my children and grandchildren. We love this place. <br /> We love this island. We love the culture. We love the mountain. <br /> We love everything about it. I'm here on their behalf. I want to <br /> express my concern about this petition or this document that you're <br /> proposing. I watched the video of your last meeting. And I was <br /> not entirely convinced that you have done your homework on this <br /> stand that this occurring up on the mountain. I could be wrong. <br /> Maybe you have. But at that meeting, it wasn't really clear. If <br /> your intention is to examine ethical violations, then I hope that <br /> you'll look at the issue with an open mind. Hopefully you'll <br /> understand that there's been ethical violations for over 50 years in <br /> the mismanagement of the mountain. By the County, the State, <br /> Department of Hawaiian Homes Land, Department of Land and <br /> Natural Resources, the University. Okay and these are the things <br /> that have led to this stand-off. It didn't just happen out of the blue. <br /> So if you're gonna open this can of worms, which I wouldn't <br /> advise. Do it fairly. Don't go into it assuming that we're just a <br /> bunch of rebel rousers that enjoy going up on the mountain...you <br /> know disrupting things. We're a group of people, a very large, <br /> group of people, who are here out of moral obligation. Right. If <br /> 7 <br />