HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0383.041 2018-2020 Comm. M5
From: Melissa Wheeler
To: Council Testimony
Subject: RES#233 9 Jf UL' -9 2 �� 12., 0
Date: Sunday,July 21,2019 1:45:35 PM
Aloha,
I strongly urge you not to vote for Resolution 233, which asks Governor Ige to impose a 60
day moratorium on construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.
The backers of the Thirty Meter Telescope have gone through a 10 year process to obtain
the permits to start construction. The courts have ultimately upheld their right to do the
latter thus far. In short, the TMT project has done everything right. The problem is our
banana republic government is unwilling to stand up to a group of obstructionists blocking
access to the mountain and a main thoroughfare crossing the island.
The 60 day moratorium proposed by Senator Kai Kahele is simply political grandstanding. The
TMT's CDUP permit has a expiration date of September 26th, 2019. If this moratorium is
put in place, it would end uncomfortably close to the CDUP mandated deadline to start
construction.
I strongly believe this would give the State of Hawaii a black eye as far any future
investment, and raise questions about the future of astronomy on Maunakea.
Sincerely,
Melissa Wheeler
Jeff Purser and Melissa Wheeler
94-1673 Hae Hae Loop
P.O.Box 382
Naalehu, HI 96772
808-238-6135 missi
808-785-2643 Jeff s
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