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I'm not surprised. We were there in May, and there were street marches in Kona, articles in the newspaper, and a constant protest at the visitor centre.
The Hawaiians are very p'd off at the Americans. They were a sovereign state that was invaded, occupied and annexed by the US (no terra nullius here...)
They are now only about 20% of the population, and very unhappy about it.
Their culture is not respected the way Aboriginal culture is here. We even saw petroglyph fields that had been recently bulldozed in favour of a holiday resort.
This sucks for astronomy, but the site is sacred to them. What do you think would happen if we tried to put it on top of Uluru?
(Ducks for cover)
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