STORY SUMMARY HILO (BIVN) - The Thirty Meter Telescope is considered the future of astronomy, but what is the future of the Thirty Meter Telescope? TMT Executive Director Ed Stone takes the stand. ******** The TMT’s status as a $1.4 billion project in limbo was apparent during the cross-examination of Stone, the observatory’s Executive Director. Under questioning by opponents of the TMT who are participating in the proceeding, Stone explained how the TMT International Observatory’s (TIO) board has some hard decisions to make about whether or not to continue to pursue the ideal astronomical conditions found atop Mauna Kea, or to settle on a second site identified in the Canary Islands. [ 119 more words ]
Clifford Kapono added 4 new photos.
GOTTA GET REAL
Robin Danner speaking for her homestead association SCHHA on advising Ige on a State Budget option explains the following:
“Here’s the deal folks……it’s a major win that the Governor is putting forward these levels in his executive budget, the most ever to be included in an executive budget. We focused on GO Bonds for DHHL, because in the history of DHHL, it has NEVER received a standard amount in GO Bonds for Lot Development or Repair and Maintenance under which to plan infrastructure projects that will employ construction and union workers…..that’s $20M + $5M = $25M for the first time in getting this type of GO Bond funding. Major Win, thank you Governor Ige.” ~ Robin Danner
It is very curious to me, how Hawaiian Homes a Federal Statutory Program can be indebted by the State of Hawaii who plans on leveraging native Hawaiian Land in a speculative position other than a state agency who is mandated to manage and not speculate on HHC Act 1920 funding? How does that work? And who in their right legal mind is going to sell this type of bond?
A general obligation bond (GO) is a municipal bond backed by the credit and taxing power of the issuing jurisdiction which in this case is the State of Hawaii rather than the revenue from any given project which is funded in part by ceded land revenues from land supposedly ceded to the federal government according to their rules and laws. General obligation bonds which are the bonds that the State of Hawaii issues to meet a portion of its annual budget which are issued with the belief that a municipality will be able to repay its debt obligation through taxation or revenue from projects.
This type of fiscal management that Danner speaks to comes from the mindset of government that generates revenue through taxation. A more progressive mindset would be one in which the fiscal proposal is made of income generating opportunities to increase labor balanced against generated revenue for Hawaiians of all “n” sizes and not those Americans employed as state workers or on a state contract sweat heart deal.
This deal that Danner is talking about fails to empower the Hawaiian Homes Lessee, does nothing for the local infrastructure, has no guarantee for employment opportunities for Hawaiians; does nothing to stimulate any local Hawaiian economy and worse makes her look like she speaks for all Hawaiians ! This is what happens when you have policy workers pretending economic development. Thatʻs NOT how it works, thatʻs not how any economic development program for future independent sustainability works.
Where is the counter offer to these weird ideas that these supposedly Hawaiian agencies and worse disillusioned so called Hawaiians arguing for what amounts to a state budget instead of a Native Hawaiian Budget? Whatʻs with all these millions of dollars that are accrued for no good reason in programs and politically connected crony business accounts at Hawaiian expense, when we are at the bottom of all socio-economic indicators for health, education and welfare.
As a federally defined native Hawaiian, I am appalled at the amateurishness of these political clowns and their idiotic suggestions. The Hawaiian Community really must come together to get these pretenders out of the political loop that affects Hawaiian efficacy. These people do us far more harm than good.
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