Editorial: No place for racism in tax-funded work | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Editorial: No place for racism in tax-funded work | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Isaac Choy joined the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) as vice president of finance in 2023, as a fractious, months-long dispute over the state’s lucrative U.S. marketing contract roiled the agency. Competition between the Hawaii Visitors &Convention Bureau, until then the seemingly sole, permanent contractor, and tourism-services contractors affiliated with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA — now the Hawaiian Council) had caused…