In his life he has had a lot of interesting acquaintances. One of his friends was the (then) Commissioner of the Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation. They had a lengthy relationship that "ended" in 2003.
In 2003 the Commissioner of the Alaska D.E.C. accepted a job as President of the United Way of Anchorage.
In early 2007 Larry found himself in Anchorage and in need of a job. He spoke to his old friend and she arranged a job with the Salvation Army. The United Way is one of the Salvation Army's top funding sources.
Larry had two "barrier conditions" that normally would have prevented his being hired by the Salvation Army. As it turns out, everything went smoothly. The Salvation Army took care of paper problems that prevented the hire, and Larry got the job.
Everything seemed to be going well. The President of the Anchorage United Way was sure that nobody indiscreet would find out about the "favor". (Most Detox employees knew about it). Larry was thriving.
Then came the squeeze.
In May 2007, Salvation Army fund-raisers approached the United Way president and reminded her of the favor. They showed her financial numbers that probably were inaccurate (Based on a comment made by someone Ms Brown talked with about the fund raising pitch). They suggested they needed more money. It took the United Way President a while to figure things out.
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Only a few people know how she reacted to the evangelical shakedown.
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[United Way of Anchorage does not provide detailed information about who it gives money to, so there is no easy way to know if the President buckled in to the Salvation Army extortion.]
Ms Brown may have been helpful to another (non-Salvation Army) person in getting a job too. Like Larry, he has been very close to Ms Brown for years. Ironically, in this case the person is the recently hired State of Alaska APOC investigator. He would be responsible for investigating some of the corruption issues mentioned on this website.
Former Commissioner Brown and APOC investigator Berliner have 2 children together, both students in the lower 48.