the hawaii political machine was what forced this ferry upon us. these owners were not hawaiian or even americans, and only saw a way to make money here and take it home. wrapped our govenor around their agenda, she broke our laws to allow this. we will continue to pay for these ferrys long after they are gone. we will stand united on big island and continue to fight big business and our govenor when they break laws, not in the intrest of the people, but in the intrest of lining their pockets. please get clear on this! we the people of the hawaiian nation are not a small vocal minority, we are the voice of the people, and are being heard.

I rode the superferry a few times. Once we brought all of our equipment over in two cars for two installations we did on Maui. It did take long, but it was incredibly relaxing. It was a great opportunity to forget about everything for a few hours. Like a three hour vacation.

This is one of the biggest blunders on all sides that I can imagine. I think the environmentalists and the Supreme Court and the most to blame. If the Superferry had been given not been given the free pass they would have done what they needed to on the environmental end. The government was trying to get the people another option for travel. Shame on the government for trying to help out the people.

The Superferry did everything they could to be responsible citizens. I was amazed at the steps they took to satisfy the environment concerns.

In the end, the demands of very small, very vocal minority won out.

Way too often in today’s world the does the government (in this case the supreme court) bow to the demands of a small vocal minority.