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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease tell me this shithead's going to be primaried next election...
http://gawker.com/lawmaker-says-violence-is-the-solution-to-homeless-prob-1467472483A veteran Hawaii lawmaker believes he's come up with the perfect solution to deal with his state's rampant homelessness problem: Hassle homeless people and destroy their stuff with a sledgehammer.
And, the one time a politician would be better off being just talk, Tom Brower isn't.
Over the last two weeks, the five-term Democratic state representative has taken his trusty sledgehammer to some 30 shopping carts being used by homeless people around Waikiki to transport their meager possessions.
Brower swears he takes all belongings out of the cart before smashing it to bits, and insists he hasn't smashed shopping carts that were being pushed by homeless people, but tells Hawaii News Now "that may be coming."
Why hasn't the Democratic party of Hawaii kicked him out of the party for this bullshit?
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Please tell me this shithead's going to be primaried next election... (Original Post)
TheMightyFavog
Nov 2013
OP
and these are the kind of democrats that are always the "lesser of two evils"? How about just
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
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TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)1. The homeless do not own the carts. They are store property so he is guilty
of destruction of private property.
And he's a douche-bag.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)2. Nope, because the state allocated $100k
to give any homeless person a one-way ticket off the island. That's their solution.
Mopar151
(9,980 posts)3. I hope to see word of him in the News of the Wierd
" Hawaiian pol found in Waikiki neighborhood, with 8# sledge handle lodged in his rectum. Rep Brower was discovered face down, in a heavily damaged shopping cart, in a parking space near an HPD sub-station. The sledgehammer had no comment."
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)4. and these are the kind of democrats that are always the "lesser of two evils"? How about just
"two evils"? I would never vote for a democrat who behaved this way.