CONSTRUCTION OF THE
THIRTY METER TELESCOPE.
HOWARD:
TODAY JENN BONEZA SAT DOWN WITH
MAYOR KIM TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT
THAT MEANS. AND TO FIND OUT
HIS PLAN OF ACTION GOING
FORWARD.
SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM HILO.
JENN?
JENN:
MAYOR KIM HAS BEEN THE OFFICIAL
LIASON BETWEEN THE KIAI OF MAUNA
KEA AND THOSE IN FAVOR OF
WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH HIM THIS
AFTERNOON, HE WAS CADID ABOUT
WANTING TO FIND A
POSITIVE RESOLUTION TO THE
CONFLICT AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT
HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY
TO
STOP TMT FROM BEING BUILT ON
KIM'S PLAN MOVING FORWARD IS TO
BRING TOGETHER OTHER PROMINENT
NATIVE HAWAIIANS IN THE
COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE
CONVERSATION. HE TELLS ME, THAT
COULD HELP FOSTER MORE IDEAS AND
A POSITIVE STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES
HE FEELS HAVE BEEN SIMMERING FOR
SOME TIME. TMT HAS BECOME THE
CATALYST.
HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR HARRY KIM:
WHAT I SAW COMING IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING HER TODAY,
CONFRONTATION, POLARIZATION, AND
A GROWING ONE. WE
A SMALL COMMUNITY OF ONLY 200,00
PPL AND ELSEWHERE
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS AND WE WILL
ALL LOSE, AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO
DO IS SEE IF WE CAN FIND A
BETTER WAY AS THAT SAYS TO GET
WHERE WE CAN GO.
NOW THAT HE HAS TAKEN POINT AS
THE MEDIATOR FOR THIS CONFLICT
HE WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY POWER OVER
TMT.
HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR HARRY KIM:
"I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
DO WHAT THE RUMOR SAID, TO MAKE
A DEAL WITH TMT CONSTRUCTION AND
SCHEDULE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAS
GIVEN OUT QUITE CLEAR IN THE
GOVERNORS RESPOMSIBLITY TO ME."
KAHOOKAHI KANUHA, KIA'I OF MAUNA
KEA: ITS BEEN CLEAR TO US THAT
THEY REALLY HAVE NO POWER OVER
THIS DECISIONAND THE DECISIN OF
THE TMT
CONTINUIG ON WITH THEIR PROJECT
OVER HERE ON HAWAII OR TAKING
THEIR PROJECT ON TO THE CANARY
ISLANDS AND SO I'M STANDING HERE
TODAY TO RE-AFIRM OUR
COMMITTMENT TO PROTECT MAUNA
KEA.
KIM TELLS ME RUMORS ARE BASESD
ON FEAR AND HE SAYS THERE IS NO
ROOM IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS FOR
FEAR. THERE
NEEDS TO BE TRUST.
HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR HARRY KIM: I
TELL THE PROTECTORS YOU KNOW I'M
NOT YOUR ENEMY, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
NOT MY ENEMY, WE CAN JOIN HANDS
GET BETTER.
THOUGH MUCH OF THE FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT
MAUNA KEA, KIM WANTS EVERYONE TO
REMEMBER THAT NOT
EVERYONE IS AGAINST THE THIRTY
TO THINK OF WHAT'S BEST FOR
EVERYONE.
HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR HARRY KIM:
I'VE GOT TWO
RESPONSIBILITIESHERE, PROTECORS
SO THEY CAN EXERCISES THEIR
RIGHT BY LAW, PROTESTING BRINGIN
UP AN ISSE OUT TO THE OPEN. MY
RESPONSIBILITY IS ALSO TO THE
PUBLIC WHO ARE NOT PART OF THAT
GROUP SO THAT THEY CAN CARRY ON
AND FUNCTION."
HE MET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
STATE OFFCIALS TO DISCUSS THE
TRAFFIC PROBLEM OCCURING ON
DANIEL K INJOUYE HIGHWAY DUE
TO THE LARGE CROWDS THAT HAVE
GATHERED THEIR IN SUPPORT OF THE
KU KIA'I MAUNA MOVEMENT.
ALTHOUGH GOVERNOR IGE HAS NOT
GIVEN HIM A TIMELINE, KIM SAYS
HE IS HOPEFUL HE CAN FORGE AN
AGREEMENT AS QUIKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
13:03:50
HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR HARRY KIM:
"MY TIME FRAME IS YSTERDAY..."
<"WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT A
TIMEFRAME...I'M AWARE OF THE
TIMLINE IN REGARDS TO THE PERMIT
AND THE CONSTTRUCIONT PEOPLE ON
THAT PERMIT SO THAT BECOMES A
TIMELINE."
KIM ALSO ADDRESSED THE GOVERNORS
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND THE
CLOSURE OF MAUNA KEA TO ALL.
HE SAYS ALTHOUGH HE AGREES THAT
KIA'I AND OTHER NATIVE HAWAIIANS
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUMMIT
TO PRACTICE THEIR
RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BELIEFS,
THE COURTS ARE BEST SUITED TO
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE THE
GOVERNORS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
IS STILL IN EFFECT.
BUT HE WAS ADAMANT THAT THE
NATIONAL GUARD WILL NOT BE
BROUGHT IN AT THIS POINT.
JENN:
THE OHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES TODAY
APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT CALLS
ON GOV. DAVID IGE TO RESCIND HIS
EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION FOR MAUNAKEA
DASH:
MORE THAN 80 MAUI AND HONOLULU
POLICE OFFICERS ARE BACK ON
THEIR HOME ISLANDS