Sadly, I agree with your post. That was what made write on this topic. It will be a terrible travesty if this amazing opportunity is ripped from good people of the Big Island because of a smaller group of people full of hate, malice and total disregard for the all the Hawaii people that will be hurt by these actions. As you restated and I had stated, this will have far reaching negative consequences, killing astronomy in Hawaii.  Time can not be reversed, Hawaii is part of the modern world, it can't exist in a time bubble of 1800.  Astronomy is one of the most noble and honorable ways to generate positive economics and Hawaii exists in a world where economics are real, like it or not.