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Member Profile
Robert Brown
- Member Since:
- April 21, 2010
- Membership Type:
- Staff
- Location:
- Honolulu
- Email:
- rbrown@civilbeat.com
Staff, August 2010 to June 2011
Contributions
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: Big Island Alternative Energy Potential Best on Earth — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Judiciary: We Can't Handle Foreclosure Flood — Article published on
- Furor Over Fannie Mae's Foreclosure Decision — Article published on
- Initiative Aims To Bring Hawaii's Prisoners Home — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: 'We're The Only Species That Make Judgments On Ourselves' — Fact Check published on
- Higher Court Fees Help Increase Access to Justice for Hawaii's Needy — Article published on
- Fannie Mae Hangs Up On Hawaii Press — Post published on
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: Decision-Making For Rail Has Been in My Hands — Fact Check published on
- More Appointees Snub Hawaii Governor — Post published on
- Senate Unanimously Approved Appointees Targeted by Abercrombie — Article published on
- Appointees Resist Hawaii Gov's Resignation Request — Article published on
- Hawaii Organizations Spent $2.5 million on Lobbying in Four Months — Article published on
- Hot Water Woes Evaporate at Mayor Wright — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: Unemployment Rate in Mid-2000s Was 2 Percent — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Attorney: Failure of Foreclosure Law Inevitable — Article published on
- Honolulu Ethics Commission — Topic Page published on
- Fannie Mae Skirts Landmark Hawaii Foreclosure Law — Article published on
- Honolulu City Council Approves Every Gift Offered in 2011 — Article published on
- Organizations Spent More Than $1 Million to Lobby in First Two Months of 2011 — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Governor: Weekend of Civil Unions Will Bring in More Cash Than Pro Bowl — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Lobbyist Disagrees He Crossed Ethics Lines — Article published on
- Rod Tam Sentencing Delayed to August — Article published on
- Hawaii Mortgage Task Force Warned on Ethics Conflicts — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Chin: Lingle Added $129 Million to Cost of Rail Project — Fact Check published on
- Most Hawaii House Reps File Disclosures After Legislative Session — Article published on
- Sixty Percent of Hawaii Senators Filed Disclosure Reports After Session — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Hawaii GOP: Democrats Outspent Us 3-1 in 2010 — Fact Check published on
- What You Won't Learn From Honolulu Council Financial Disclosure Forms — Article published on
- Hawaii Doesn't Require Lost Gun Reports — Article published on
- Waialae Avenue Latest Battleground In Making Honolulu Bike-Friendly — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Is Abercrombie Right About AARP? — Fact Check published on
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: 18,000 More Children in Medicaid Since I Ran For Governor — Fact Check published on
- Rapid Transit Board Dominated by East Honolulu Residents — Article published on
- Fighting Rail From The Other Side Of The Tracks — Post published on
- Advisory Committee Hammers Out Landfill Selection Criteria — Post published on
- Hawaii Senate Chairs Excel In Passing Own Bills — Article published on
- Tenants Voice Concerns About City Plans to Sell Affordable Housing — Article published on
- Hawaii DPS To Finally Follow Medical Pot Law — Post published on
- Hawaii Ethics Commission Hasn't Issued Advisory Opinion Since 2006 — Article published on
- Hawaii State Ethics Commission — Topic Page published on
- UH To Study Post-Deployment Experience of National Guard Spouses — Post published on
- Session Wrap: Gifts Were Focus Of Ethics Debate — Article published on
- Hawaii Adopts Nation's 'Strongest' Foreclosure Law — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Court Official: Hawaii Trial Judges Worst Paid in U.S. — Fact Check published on
- FACT CHECK — HGEA: Public Nurse Pay 'Woefully' Behind Private Sector — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Loses Substitute Teacher Class Action Suit, Could Owe $70 Million — Article published on
- Law Lets Session Draw to a Close With Few Legislators Filing Disclosures — Article published on
- Pot Bills Go Up in Smoke — Article published on
- Gas Breaks $6 Mark in Hawaii — Post published on
- FACT CHECK — AAA: Gas Prices in Hawaii Are Now at an All-Time High — Fact Check published on
- Most Hawaii Lawmakers Don't Own Stock — Or So They Say, Anyway — Article published on
- No Hawaii Lawmakers Disclose Dependents With Stocks, Mutual Funds — Article published on
- The Price is Wrong — Article published on
- Hawaii Disclosure Law For Government Officials Not Transparent — Article published on
- 19 Convictions in 17 Years — And Still on the Street — Article published on
- Hawaii Lawmakers Offered Free Trip to Turkey — Post published on
- Berg: Hawaii Profiteering Off Honolulu Taxpayers — Article published on
- Selling Sex In Honolulu: In Nine Months, Police Dept. Arrests Just One Pimp — Article published on
- Selling Sex In Honolulu: Tracking Arrests — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: Ansaldo's Copenhagen Line One of World's Best — Fact Check published on
- FACT CHECK — Aila: FTA Required Phased-In Approach For Rail — Fact Check published on
- Honolulu Personal Service Contracts Examined — Article published on
- Trace Levels of Radiation Detected in Hawaii Milk — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: Mayor Wright Hot Water Woes To Be Fixed Immediately — Fact Check published on
- Should Hawaii Adopt Instant Runoff Voting? — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Rogoff: 'Not Unusual' For Cities to Award 20 Percent of Rail Contracts Before FFGA — Fact Check published on
- What a Federal Shutdown Would Mean for Hawaii — Article published on
- Hawaii Gun Permits Reach Record High — Post published on
- Tea Party's Berg Cheapest On Honolulu City Council — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Cachola: Honolulu Rail Project the Most Expensive in U.S. — Fact Check published on
- The Day The Gift Bill Died — Article published on
- Capitol Watch: March 31 — Post published on
- EPA: No Radiation Found in Hawaii Milk or Water — Post published on
- Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie Defines 'Fair Share' — Article published on
- What Should Politicians Be Required to Disclose? — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: I Helped Put 'Thousands' of Federal Employees Back to Work — Fact Check published on
- Trace Amounts of Iodine-131 Found In Hawaii Radiation Monitor — Post published on
- Hawaii Departments Fired 67 out of 14,000 in 2010 — Article published on
- Hawaii Bucks National Trend: Tax Collections Up — Article published on
- Judge Tosses Rail Lawsuit — Article published on
- Bill to Ease Gift-Giving to Lawmakers, State Employees Finds New Life — Article published on
- Hawaii Anti-Nepotism Bill Facing Long Odds In House — Article published on
- Cops Crash Magic Island Spring Break Party — Post published on
- How To Access (Almost) Real-Time Hawaii Radiation Data From EPA — Post published on
- FAQ: Nuclear Radiation, From Japan to Hawaii — Post published on
- Hawaii Health Officials Standing By With Anti-Radiation Medication — Article published on
- Hawaii Ethics Commission Votes to Reject Gift Bill — Article published on
- Why Navy Ships Stayed Docked in Pearl Harbor During Hawaii Tsunami — Post published on
- Hawaii Officials Evict Kakaako Homeless — Article published on
- Hawaii Tourism Will Suffer After Japan Disaster — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Chin: Medical Examiner's Salary 'Low In Comparison' — Fact Check published on
- Bill Watch: Only 4 Ethics Bills Still Alive — Article published on
- Bill Watch: Marijuana on a Roll at Hawaii Legislature — Article published on
- Capitol Watch: March 10 — Post published on
- Abercrombie: Hold Me Accountable — Article published on
- Charitable Entities: HIPA, Red Cross... Labor Unions? — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: In July, City Government and Rail Part Ways — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Legislature Weighs Controversial Adoption Bill — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: $29 Million Would Keep Honolulu Running For Five Days — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Gift Bill Eviscerated — Article published on
- Bill Would Lift Limits on Gifts to Lawmakers — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: 18 Holes For $4.50 — Fact Check published on
- FACT CHECK — Ward: Gov's Budget Raises Taxes By Over $500 Million — Fact Check published on
- Honolulu Police Officer Not Guilty of Brutality Charge — Article published on
- FACT CHECK — Radcliffe: Most Government Buildings 'Full of Mold and Virus' — Fact Check published on
- Even with Free Land, 'Affordable Housing' Fails — Article published on
- Abercrombie Keeps Public Housing Promise — Article published on
- Usual Suspects Gave Big Bucks For Abercrombie Inauguration — Article published on
- Discussion: Affordable Housing — Post published on
- Hawaii Lawmakers Drown Themselves in Ink — Article published on
- Should Residents Be Forced to Register to Vote? — Article published on
- Cachola: Lots of Other States Have Worse Homeless Problems — Fact Check published on
- Woman Swims From Mexico to Hawaii — Fact Check published on
- Attorney General: One Ounce of Weed = 56 Joints — Fact Check published on
- Cayetano: Cost Overruns for Rail Systems Average 40 Percent — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Is the Only State to Assess Hotel-Room Tax on Timeshare Owners — Fact Check published on
- Bill Watch: Marijuana — Article published on
- Fighting For Their Homes — Article published on
- Lobbyist Violations in Hawaii? Who Knows — Article published on
- The Big Fat Gray Area of Lobbying Laws — Article published on
- Abercrombie: Aloha Stadium Improvement Plans Could Take 40 Years — Fact Check published on
- Honolulu Prosecutor Says Hawaii Doesn't Need A Human Trafficking Law — Article published on
- Bill Watch: Lobbying — Article published on
- Bill Watch: Ethics — Article published on
- Abercrombie: Projection of Deficit Was 'Considerably Less' in October 2010 — Fact Check published on
- Honolulu Tests Water at 11 Sites for Carcinogen — Post published on
- Kaneshiro Wants Stiffer Prostitution Penalties — Article published on
- Abercrombie Responds to Civil Beat Fact Check — Post published on
- Abercrombie: "We Will Not Be Raising Any Taxes" — Fact Check published on
- UH Athletics Takes a Gamble to Pay Back Debt — Article published on
- Loophole Limits Disclosure of Lawmakers' Income — Article published on
- Today's Disclosure, Yesterday's News — Article published on
- State Health Officials: Drink Up, the Water is Fine — Post published on
- Inside Honolulu: Jan. 5 — Post published on
- Stories From the Fact Check Beat - 2010 Recycled — Article published on
- Sex Still Very Much for Sale on Craigslist — Article published on
- How Independent is Honolulu's Ethics Commission? — Article published on
- Hawaii's War: National Guard, Reservists Face Hardships at Home — Article published on
- Inside Honolulu: Dec. 23 — Post published on
- Djou: Micronesians Consume 20 Percent of Social Service Resources — Fact Check published on
- Inside Honolulu: Dec. 21 — Post published on
- Heavy Union Influence in Honolulu City Council Race — Article published on
- Court Takes New Tack with Public Records — Post published on
- Abercrombie: Hawaii Needs Federal Help After Micronesian Ruling — Post published on
- UPDATE: Full Health Benefits Restored for Micronesians — Post published on
- Lingle: Welfare Rolls Decreased 40 Percent Under My Watch — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie Inherits Pile of Lawsuits — Article published on
- Gov Considered Eric Seitz for Attorney General — Article published on
- Abercrombie Will Have Exceptional Power — Article published on
- Hawaii Governor — Topic Page published on
- Cachola: One Change to Council Resolution and It's Finished — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: Nonprofits Aren't Providing Case Management and Support for Veterans — Fact Check published on
- Selling Sex in Honolulu: The Sentences — Article published on
- APEC — Topic Page published on
- Abercrombie: Hawaii Has Not Taken Advantage of Federal Per Diem Program — Fact Check published on
- Selling Sex in Honolulu: Unlicensed Massage Parlors Lack Enforcement Scrutiny — Article published on
- Selling Sex in Honolulu: Police Focus Prostitution Arrests on Women, Not Men — Article published on
- Selling Sex in Honolulu: Prostitution Busts for Men Turn Up Mostly Locals, Few Tourists — Article published on
- Inside Honolulu: Nov. 18 — Post published on
- Capitol Watch: Nov. 18 — Post published on
- Abercrombie: Intent of Rainy Day Fund to Stabilize State Welfare Programs — Fact Check published on
- Government Waste Watch: State Paying Staff to Retype Every Food Stamp Application — Article published on
- Robert Brown — Topic Page published on
- Elections Dim Outlook of Akaka Bill — and Akaka? — Article published on
- All Races Settled: There Will Be No Recounts — Article published on
- Carlisle: New Buses Both Green and Cost-Effective — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: If Rail EIS Done Correctly, I'm Obligated to Sign it — Fact Check published on
- Big Island — Topic Page published on
- Lack of Hot Water For Public Housing Residents a Test for Abercrombie — Article published on
- Recount Requests Possible in Two Races — Article published on
- 19,000 Knocks Lift Chang to the Top — Article published on
- Hanabusa: Stimulus Created 1,931 Direct Jobs in Hawaii — Fact Check published on
- Djou: 250K Spent on Attack Ads Against Hanabusa, Million Plus Against Me — Fact Check published on
- Office of Housing: Take 2 — Article published on
- Abercrombie: Federal Money Could Have Stopped Furlough Fridays — Fact Check published on
- Schatz: Hawaii Missed Out On $20 Million Per Year for Medicaid Reimbursements — Fact Check published on
- Djou: I Vote With Democrats 62 Percent of the Time — Fact Check published on
- Turbin Ups the Ante In Council Race, Loans Himself 136K In October — Article published on
- Carlisle Says 'No' to New Office of Housing — Article published on
- Hawaii Pro Football League: For the Love of the Game — Article published on
- Hanabusa: Djou Sent Four Fliers In First 23 Days in Congress — Fact Check published on
- Aiona: Every Gov Since Ariyoshi Has Asked for Audit of DOE — Fact Check published on
- Election Office Breaches Confidentiality of Voters — Article published on
- Abercrombie's Shades of Red: Congressional Radical? — Article published on
- Council Reverses Course on Higher Taxes for Ohana Housing — Article published on
- Aiona: 'We've Never Talked About Student Achievement' — Fact Check published on
- Absentee Ballot Requests for General Election Already Eclipse Primary — Post published on
- The Anti-Homeless Bill That Dare Not Say Its Name — Article published on
- Djou: Democrats Are Pushing Largest Tax Increase in History — Fact Check published on
- Hanabusa: GM Has Paid Off Its Bailout Debt — Fact Check published on
- Oahu — Topic Page published on
- Abercrombie: Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Has Months-Long Backlog — Fact Check published on
- Kauai — Topic Page published on
- Abercrombie: Hawaii Has Half a Billion in Unspent Stimulus Money — Fact Check published on
- Police Question Enforceability of Sidewalk Plan — Article published on
- Aiona: Affordable Care Act Will Strain State Budget — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: I Helped Start Healthy Start — Fact Check published on
- Aiona: 10 Percent Increase In Locally Grown Food Will Generate $188 Million, Create 2,300 Jobs — Fact Check published on
- Djou: "I Have Never Voted For a Tax Increase" — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: I Secured $600 Million to Offset Impact of Compact Migrants — Fact Check published on
- Aiona: Tort Reform Drove Down Health-Care Costs, Brought Back Docs — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Lieutenant Governor — Topic Page published on
- Lynn Finnegan — Topic Page published on
- Brian Schatz — Topic Page published on
- Hanabusa: I Exposed Waste and Fraud in Special Education — Fact Check published on
- John Willoughby — Topic Page published on
- Aiona: Republicans on the Rise — Fact Check published on
- Hawaii Congressional District Elections — Topic Page published on
- Honolulu City Prosecutor — Topic Page published on
- Abercrombie: "We Did Well in Republican Areas" — Fact Check published on
- City Council Races: Bring on the General Election! — Article published on
- Honolulu Prosecutor Race: In With the Old — Article published on
- Live Blog: 2010 Primary Election — Post published on
- Hannemann: $280 million in New Spending on Two Pages of Abercrombie Plan — Fact Check published on
- Financial Momentum = Kirk Caldwell — Article published on
- Caldwell: Carlisle's Spending as Prosecutor "Out of Control" — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: Religious Flier Distorts My Record — Fact Check published on
- Kaneshiro: Honolulu Domestic Violence Murders Rising — Fact Check published on
- Ching: Hawaii Crime on the Rise — Fact Check published on
- Hannemann: Abercrombie Rated 30 Percent Positive By U.S. Chamber of Commerce — Fact Check published on
- Caldwell: Honolulu to Collect $300 Million on Interest for Rail — Fact Check published on
- Council Candidates Emerge as Financial Front-Runners — Article published on
- Kaneshiro Emerges as Fundraising Force in Prosecutor's Race — Article published on
- Kaneshiro Stands Alone on Human Trafficking Law — Article published on
- Prosecutor Candidates On How They'd Change The Office — Article published on
- Breene Harimoto — Topic Page published on
- Ernie Martin — Topic Page published on
- Ben Shafer — Topic Page published on
- John White — Topic Page published on
- Aiona: Only Candidate to Take Notice of Small Business? — Fact Check published on
- Caldwell: I Jump-started The Rail Debate — Fact Check published on
- Council Candidates Offer Trash Solutions — Article published on
- Frank De Giacomo — Topic Page published on
- Tulsi Gabbard — Topic Page published on
- Tim Garry — Topic Page published on
- Stanley Chang — Topic Page published on
- Shawn Hamamoto — Topic Page published on
- Sesnita Moepono — Topic Page published on
- Rich Turbin — Topic Page published on
- Larry Fenton — Topic Page published on
- Jeremy Low — Topic Page published on
- Frank Lavoie — Topic Page published on
- Bob Vieira — Topic Page published on
- Chris Wong — Topic Page published on
- Council Candidates Focus on Infrastructure — Article published on
- Discussion: Honolulu City Council Election 2010 — Post published on
- Caldwell: H-Power Adding 500 New Jobs — Fact Check published on
- Council Candidates Discuss Homelessness — Article published on
- Hannemann: Environmental Impact Statements Average 14 Years — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: It's Love-Hate With Congress.org — Fact Check published on
- Rail Divides Council Candidates — Article published on
- Carlisle: I'm No Elephant — Fact Check published on
- Prevedouros: Water Mains Break Daily — Fact Check published on
- Carlisle: Half of Union Carpenters Unemployed — Fact Check published on
- Carlisle: Commute From Kapolei Takes Three Hours — Fact Check published on
- Kaneshiro: I Will Use Nuisance Abatement and Asset Forfeiture Laws to Fight Drugs — Fact Check published on
- Ching: Community Search Warrants Best Option in Fight Against Drugs — Fact Check published on
- Caldwell: Hawaii Constitution Bans Nuclear Power — Fact Check published on
- Hannemann: City Council Never Overrode a Veto — Fact Check published on
- Prevedouros: City Spending $3 Million to Demolish Zoo Kiosk — Fact Check published on
- Caldwell: Honolulu Will Spend $150 Million Paving Roads This Year — Fact Check published on
- Carlisle: We Need Fewer Jobs in the Government Sector — Fact Check published on
- Prevedouros: Trash Solution is Simple - Send it Back to Mainland in Empty Shipping Containers — Fact Check published on
- Labor Unions in Hawaii — Topic Page published on
- Caldwell: Property Taxes and Fees Are Tapped Out — Fact Check published on
- Caldwell: 'The Number One Job of the City is To Create Jobs for All of Us.' — Fact Check published on
- Carlisle: When I Came In, Crime Was Intolerable — Fact Check published on
- Abercrombie: Hannemann Left Honolulu in 'Worst Financial Position of Any City I Can Imagine' — Fact Check published on
- Keith Kaneshiro — Topic Page published on
- Franklin "Don" Pacarro, Jr. — Topic Page published on
- Darwin Ching — Topic Page published on
- Hannemann on Endorsements by Business Groups — Fact Check published on
- Consider Caldwell 'Consulted' — Article published on
- Hannemann: Labor King? — Fact Check published on
- Maui — Topic Page published on
- Council Candidates Raise Half Million — Article published on
- Hannemann: I take '600,000 tons of stuff' and power 40,000 homes with it — Fact Check published on
- Pacarro Has Fundraising Lead in Prosecutor's Race — Article published on
- Discussion: Honolulu City Prosecutor Election 2010 — Post published on
- Hannemann: I'm the Only Candidate Who's Lived and Worked on Neighbor Islands — Fact Check published on
- Honolulu City Prosecutor Election 2010 — Topic Page published on
- Donovan Dela Cruz Drops Out of Mayoral Race — Article published on
- Curfew to Lead to New State Rules for Public Housing — Article published on
- Discussion: Public Housing Safety — Post published on
- Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Election 2010 — Topic Page published on
- Honolulu City Council Elections 2010 — Topic Page published on
- Honolulu Mayoral Election Set for Sept. 18 — Article published on
- Football Victories to Determine UH Debt Payments — Article published on
- Hawaii Governor Election 2010 — Topic Page published on
- UH Manoa Athletic Department: What $10 Million? — Article published on
- UH Student Groups Balk at Proposed Athletic Fee — Article published on
- Discussion: University Of Hawaii Athletic Department — Post published on
- UH Athletics Outpaces WAC, But Still Finds Itself In $10 Million Hole — Article published on
- Hawaii Elections — Topic Page published on
- Daniel Akaka — Topic Page published on
- Hawaii Second Congressional District — Topic Page published on
- James "Duke" Aiona — Topic Page published on
- Neil Abercrombie — Topic Page published on
Discussions
- FACT CHECK — Governor: Weekend of Civil Unions Will Bring in More Cash Than Pro Bowl —
- Discussion: Hawaii Politics —
- FACT CHECK — Hawaii GOP: Democrats Outspent Us 3-1 in 2010 —
- Discussion: Affordable Housing —
- FACT CHECK — HGEA: Public Nurse Pay 'Woefully' Behind Private Sector —
- Discussion: Hawaii Tsunami —
- Holes in Hawaii's Tsunami Evacuation Zone —
- FACT CHECK — Carlisle: 18 Holes For $4.50 —
- Woman Swims from Mexico to Hawaii —
- Don't Speak English? Automatic Gratuity Added —
- Presidential Flip-Flops (er..Slippers) Cause Fashion Flurry —
- Djou: Micronesians Consume 20 Percent of Social Service Resources —
- Abercrombie: Nonprofits Aren't Providing Case Management and Support for Veterans —
- Djou: 250K Spent on Attack Ads Against Hanabusa, Million Plus Against Me —
- Abercrombie: Federal Money Could Have Stopped Furlough Fridays —
- Djou: I Vote With Democrats 62 Percent of the Time —
- Aiona: Every Gov Since Ariyoshi Has Asked for Audit of DOE —
- Discussion: Hawaii 1st Congressional District Election —
- Abercrombie: Hawaii Has Half a Billion in Unspent Stimulus Money —
- Abercrombie: Religious Flier Distorts My Record —
- Djou: "I Have Never Voted For a Tax Increase" —
- Aiona: 10 Percent Increase In Locally Grown Food Will Generate $188 Million, Create 2,300 Jobs —
- Aiona: Republicans on the Rise —
- Caldwell: Carlisle's Spending as Prosecutor "Out of Control" —
- Discussion: Hawaii Governor's Race —
- Hannemann: Labor King? —
- Caldwell: Honolulu Will Spend $150 Million Paving Roads This Year —
- Prevedouros: Trash Solution is Simple - Send it Back to Mainland in Empty Shipping Containers —
- Discussion: Public Housing Safety —
- Discussion: University Of Hawaii Athletic Department —
