Lawmaker hammers home his homeless solution, takes a sledgehammer to shopping carts

[The Straight Story]

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) -

State Rep. Tom Brower has taken a sledgehammer and a novel approach to Hawaii's homeless problem.

"I got tired of telling people I'm trying to pass laws. I want to do something practical that will really clean up the streets," he said.

In his spare time he scours streets and parks in his district, looking for shopping carts homeless use to store and move their belongings. He returns good ones to stores and destroys others with his sledgehammer.

"I find abandoned junk, specifically shopping carts, and I remove them. I also create a situation where those carts can't be pushed around the city. I think it's a good thing," he said.

The executive director of Mental Health America of Hawaii thinks otherwise.

"His message to the public is that it's okay to commit acts of violence against homeless people, against vulnerable people. It's okay for vigilante justice," Marya Grambs said.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/24003737/lawmaker-hammers-home-his-homeless-solution

[Scuba]

1. What make/model/color car does he drive?

[nykym]

5. Better yet

follow him and when he starts smashing a cart video tape him, then find out which merchant the cart belongs to and show them the video of him destroying private property, have him arrested and charged.
Shopping carts are expensive, between $140.00 to $175.00 each.

[Orrex]

2. That's exactly what Jesus did.

Exactly.

[yardwork]

4. I was just going to post that. What would Jesus do.

[sibelian]

3. "I think it's a good thing."

Hm.

Well, I think it's a bad thing.