Tom Brower
Tom Brower | |
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| Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 22nd district 23rd (2006–2012) | |
| In office November 7, 2006 – November 3, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Tam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1965 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Waikiki, Hawaii |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
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 Kakaʻako 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]
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 Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a bachelor of arts in journalism in 1989.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Keyes, Scott (November 19, 2013). "State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People's Possessions". ThinkProgress. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ Mendoza, Jim (November 19, 2013). "Lawmaker hammers home his homeless solution". KHNL. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ Davis, Chelsea (June 29, 2015). "State Rep. Tom Brower injured in altercation at Kakaako homeless camp". KHNL. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Tom Brower (D): State Representative, District 22, Waikiki". Hawaii Reporter. September 13, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ "Paying For Honolulu News - Hawaii Business Magazine". Hawaii Business Magazine. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Tom Brower's page on capitol.hawaii.gov
- Tom Brower's personal homepage at the Wayback Machine (archived July 18, 2012)
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