Small business, according to Governor Abercrombie
The Senate confirmed Brian Tamamoto to one of HCDA's two "small business" seats on April 24. The thing is, Tamamoto's company is a subsidiary of Kobayashi Group, a major developer ($3 billion worth so far) and anything but a small business.
For more on the importance of this confirmation to the future of Kakaako development, visit Senator Laura Thielen’s blog, where she makes some good points about why appointments like Tamamoto’s to boards like HCDA end up causing us problems in the way we’ve developed, further down the road.