TMT an asset TMT an asset ADVERTISING There is a false message being circulated, stating that dollars are being spent for the Thirty Meter Telescope that would otherwise be spent feeding Hawaii’s children. TMT information sources indicate otherwise as follows:
TMT an asset
There is a false message being circulated, stating that dollars are being spent for the Thirty Meter Telescope that would otherwise be spent feeding Hawaii’s children.
TMT information sources indicate otherwise as follows: No taxpayer money has funded TMT. So far approximately $200 million has come from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, with additional design and development funding from Caltech, University of California, and Canada.
The $1.2 billion construction project will be paid for by TMT partners, Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of California (UC), Department of Science and Technology of India, National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Much of that money will stay on this island — providing better living for today’s children and better prospects for their future employment here.
Indeed, the TMT will be an asset to our economy and to our quality of life.
Gene Barber
Hilo
Too many overflights
It seems to me that, thanks to the helicopter tour industry, Hilo has become the noisiest town in Hawaii. I for one witness up to 20 or so flights over my home on a daily basis. I cannot imagine that it would be in the interest of the tourists on board to fly over the rooftops of our homes. Most tourists pay to get a view of the volcano or the coastal waterfalls, so why do the pilots of the choppers find it necessary to fly right over our homes?
These things are very noisy; you can hear them coming from quite a distance. I think we should all speak out and demand that this blatant disregard for our right to a reasonable amount of quiet enjoyment of our homes stop immediately. Please join me in redirecting this traffic away from our homes.
Peter Goosev
Hilo
Thanks, HTH
My letter is in response to your publishing of the update on the same-sex marriage case in the U.S. Supreme Court. My heart is out to you to give the people of the (gay, lesbian and transgender) community a fair voice in your newspaper, and it means so much to us.
I get treated differently, and people ignore me for being different than others for my personal self-expression and sexuality, but with this possibility of equality comes belief in the beauty of our nation. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.
Cole Stremski-Borero
Hilo
