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Lawmaker Ends Shopping Cart Destruction Campaign
Source: Associated Press
Lawmaker Ends Shopping Cart Destruction Campaign
HONOLULU November 21, 2013 (AP)
A Hawaii legislator said he will no longer use a sledgehammer to smash stolen and abandoned shopping carts used by homeless people to carry belongings in Waikiki.
State Rep. Tom Brower, D-Ala Moana-Waikiki, said he has raised the issue of the public eyesores and will wait to see what happens, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/17pp7Rq) reported Wednesday.
"It's time to put down the sledgehammer. The point that I was trying to make has been made," Brower said. "Now that the issue of shopping carts is on our minds, the question is, Are we going to move forward and try to solve it or just let it become status quo?"
Brower estimated earlier in the week that he had smashed 30 shopping carts. He dropped them at metal recycling centers or left them for city cleanup crews. He returned other carts to stores if they were marked with store symbols.
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HONOLULU November 21, 2013 (AP)
A Hawaii legislator said he will no longer use a sledgehammer to smash stolen and abandoned shopping carts used by homeless people to carry belongings in Waikiki.
State Rep. Tom Brower, D-Ala Moana-Waikiki, said he has raised the issue of the public eyesores and will wait to see what happens, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/17pp7Rq) reported Wednesday.
"It's time to put down the sledgehammer. The point that I was trying to make has been made," Brower said. "Now that the issue of shopping carts is on our minds, the question is, Are we going to move forward and try to solve it or just let it become status quo?"
Brower estimated earlier in the week that he had smashed 30 shopping carts. He dropped them at metal recycling centers or left them for city cleanup crews. He returned other carts to stores if they were marked with store symbols.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawmaker-ends-shopping-cart-destruction-campaign-20955483
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