Letter to mayor on how majority feel

We have lots of violence problems; one of the most troubling is the mass shooting of innocents by excuse me, psychopaths.

Will of the descendants is what’s significant

Lessons in Russian

Last Saturday, as a white man, I went to Maunakea City. A small private company, Mauna Kea Adventures, donated their bus and gas to transport folks from Mooheau, the airport then to Puu Huluhulu. Our driver donated his time. The bus was free.

Protest looks
superferry-like familiar

Here we go again, another two-year construction delay, as if the last two years was not enough.

Telescope removals
would go long way

No, speed DOES kill

Trust is hard won and easily tarnished. Hawaii’s state government has a history of breaking promises and acting despotically. The battle over Maunakea is a battle that extends far beyond a telescope. The lands are ceded lands. These lands were taken from the Hawaiian people to be held in trust by the State of Hawaii and were to only be used for:

Leader needed in unbiased TMT negotiations

Who’s responsible here?

Both sides can do better

Power shift in TMT debate

When Hawaiian Royalty adopted Christianity, the significance of Maunakea was reduced to a cultural icon. The ecosystems of Mauna Kea are important and protected according to 10 years of litigation. So, now science is stopped by a cultural icon under the pretense of its religious significance. Herein is a serious problem for Hawaii’s population.

The Big Island is a community of approximately 200,983 men, women, and children of multiple ethnicities. It is important that all people are respected for their diverse roles and ideas to live peacefully and purposefully in this island community.

Godfather II shows
us our future

Hawaiians are rising!

Road first, not Alii condo

When I moved here, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) was the biggest telescope on the mountain. At a smaller NASA observatory, I watched my astronomer friends Bill Hartmann and Eleanor Helin as they observed planets and searched for asteroids (“Glo” Helin later named one of her discovered asteroids after me!). I myself observed supernova 1987A through a small telescope on another trip to the summit.