Sofa, rug among items cleared from Thomas Square sidewalk

By Gregg K. Kakesako

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 06, 2013

~~<p>The city last week seized more than three dozen items, including chairs, a sofa, coolers, a rug, a mattress and a Christmas tree stand, from Occupy Honolulu and homeless campers who use the sidewalks on the makai side of South Beretania Street at Thomas Square.</p>
<p>Responding to complaints, city crews on Jan. 30 removed and stored 37 items which included 13 chairs, a sofa, two coolers, an area rug, two office chairs, a Christmas tree stand, two one-gallon paint cans, a folding mattress, a pillow, a man's belt, a quilt, a hat, slippers, an umbrella, two box springs, one queen mattress, a handbag, two signs and two tents.</p>
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The city last week seized more than three dozen items, including chairs, a sofa, coolers, a rug, a mattress and a Christmas tree stand, from Occupy Honolulu and homeless campers who use the sidewalks on the makai side of South Beretania Street at Thomas Square.

Responding to complaints, city crews on Jan. 30 removed and stored 37 items which included 13 chairs, a sofa, two coolers, an area rug, two office chairs, a Christmas tree stand, two one-gallon paint cans, a folding mattress, a pillow, a man's belt, a quilt, a hat, slippers, an umbrella, two box springs, one queen mattress, a handbag, two signs and two tents. Login for more...