lanny_sinkin_alii_manao_nui_shield_16Was going to publish this article by itself, but, since Lanny has written his own article about it, I will post this from his original posting.

As I understand from a conversation with interested parties, this could turn out to be a very big deal, particularly, among other things, if this were to open up more cases of possible corporation(s)/State of Hawaii collusion affairs trampling and/or threatening the rights of the people here.

We shall see.

"Back in May, the Attorney General, the Office of Mauna Kea Management and other State agencies worked to develop a plan for driving the Protectors of the Mountain off of Mauna a Wakea. They tried to be careful that their plan did not look like it was targeting the Protectors... To avoid the appearance of targeting, they considered a rule generally applicable to hunting areas throughout the State that would achieve their goal of excluding the Protectors from being present on the Mountain. Eventually those discussions led to the new rules adopted by the [DLNR]...

"An article today in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reveals that the discussion of suppressing the Protectors included conference calls with the private attorneys for the TMT.

[from article] "In late April, in the wake of the initial 31 protesters' arrest, Ing, who represents the TMT International Observatory, participated in at least two conference calls with Hawaii Deputy Attorneys General Linda Chow and Julie China... Shortly after an April 20 conference call, Ing sent out a document entitled "TMT – Legal argument re prosecution of protesters."

"Kahookahi Kanuha, a protest leader who has been arrested twice, said allowing Ing to participate in the calls is yet another example of corruption and the state going above and beyond to protect the rights of private interests, while working against the other.

""How is protecting the rights of foreign entities over the rights of people of this place a sign of respect to the host culture?" Kanuha said, referring to comments made by Gov. David Ige in May."

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Ali`i Mana`o Nui Lanny Sinkin 7-19-15... "Corporate Government at Work -- TMT invited to join Attorney General's Conference calls"

[Reference is made to this article from the Hawaii Tribune Herald. The text of the article is included, below.]

From: Lanny Sinkin, Ali'i Mana'o Nui, Kingdom of Hawai'i

Back in May, the Attorney General, the Office of Mauna Kea Management and other State agencies worked to develop a plan for driving the Protectors of the Mountain off of Mauna a Wakea. They tried to be careful that their plan did not look like it was targeting the Protectors because such official collusion to violate constitutional rights would make the State actors and their actions legally liable for civil and possible criminal prosecution. To avoid the appearance of targeting, they considered a rule generally applicable to hunting areas throughout the State that would achieve their goal of excluding the Protectors from being present on the Mountain.

Eventually those discussions led to the new rules adopted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources which excludes people from a one mile zone on either side of the Mauna a Wakea access road from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. and prohibits the possession of camping equipment in the "restricted zone." Enforcing those rules would allow the State to end the 24 hour vigil being maintained by the Protectors.

An article today in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reveals that the discussion of suppressing the Protectors included conference calls with the private attorneys for the TMT. Those attorneys sought to convince the Attorney General to pursue trespassing charges against the Protectors by providing videotape evidence of an action by the Protectors in April. Those attorneys apparently also provided the Attorney General with legal arguments against the existence of the Kingdom, against sovereignty, and supporting the jurisdiction of the State over the Protectors.

Here is the article this morning [below]. Note: For whatever reason, the Tribune-Herald this morning carried only the first part of the article on the front page and did not print the continuation on the inside.

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TMT ATTORNEY HAD INSIDE TRACK ON LEGAL ISSUES
July 19, 2015, by CHRIS D'ANGELO Hawaii Tribune-Herald

A private attorney for the Thirty Meter Telescope was allowed in on state and county officials' conversations about jurisdictional issues on Mauna Kea, according to documents obtained by the Tribune-Herald.

Additionally, J. Douglas Ing, of Honolulu-based Watanabe Ing LLC, provided those officials with TMT's legal arguments supporting prosecution of the protesters who were arrested for blocking construction of the telescope atop Hawaii's tallest mountain.

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