Tom Brower

Tom Brower (born March 3, 1965) is an American politician. He was a Democratic House member of the Hawaii House of Representatives who represented the 22nd district— which includes Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako on the island of Oahu.[1] 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.[2] In 2015 he was injured in another altercation at a homeless camp.[3]

Tom Brower
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 22nd district
In office
November 7, 2006 â€“ November 3, 2020
Succeeded byAdrian Tam
Personal details
Born (1965-03-03) March 3, 1965
Honolulu, Hawaii
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceWaikiki, Hawaii
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Brower was born at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, who is Caucasian, worked as a police sergeant; his mother, a Japanese-American, a schoolteacher. He was raised in Belmar and Spring Lake, New Jersey where he attended elementary, middle and high school.[4][5] He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor of arts in journalism in 1989.[6]

References
  1. Keyes, Scott (November 19, 2013). "State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People's Possessions". ThinkProgress. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. Mendoza, Jim (November 19, 2013). "Lawmaker hammers home his homeless solution". KHNL. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. Davis, Chelsea (June 29, 2015). "State Rep. Tom Brower injured in altercation at Kakaako homeless camp". KHNL. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  4. Representative Tom Brower , Hawaii State Legislature. Accessed October 8, 2015. "He also lived in Belmar and Spring Lake on the New Jersey Shore as a child, where he attended grammar school and high school."
  5. "Tom Brower (D): State Representative, District 22, Waikiki". Hawaii Reporter. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. "Paying For Honolulu News - Hawaii Business Magazine". Hawaii Business Magazine. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.


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