Bob Rees has died

[KamaAina]

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http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/03/news/story05.html

"I got to see the human side of him," said (repuke state Sen. Fred) Hemmings, who first met Rees in 1991. "Bob and I did not share much in common politically. But I hope people remember that he was a champion and a role model for free and open debate, that he, more than anybody else in this state, defended the First Amendment right to free speech."

Rees, a well-known Hawaii freelance writer, died Tuesday at his Kailua home. He was 67 and had been battling cancer for a year....

"He liked stirring things up and supporting causes that he approved of," said (his widow) Keene Rees, adding that her husband's "pet" was civil liberties and his passion was taking up controversial issues.

In 2003 the freelance writer stepped further into the limelight after he sued city Prosecutor Peter Carlisle with the American Civil Liberties Union for using public funds to campaign for the passage of a ballot question. The ACLU and Rees lost the suit.

Bob Rees embodied the highest American ideals in everything he did. The newspaper article fails to mention Rees' tireless work on behalf of children with disabilities in Hawai'i's awful special education system, particularly surrounding the case of Felix v. Waihe'e and the subseuquent consent decree. He was truly one of the jewels of the islands and will be missed.

[Dharma_Bum]

1. KUDOS!!!!

Someone must pick up the torch and continue ...


So long Bob ... :hi:

[PoiBoy]

2. He will be missed...

I enjoyed his work over the years... especially his Island Issues TV show on KHET... he had a very good style of point-counterpoint that got to the heart of an issue...

the last article of his I was able to find was from over a year ago, but in true Bob Rees style, he laid it right out in the open for all to see... and he did it with a smile...

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/08/op/op07a.html

Aloha Bob, and Mahalo...

E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe

:hi: