"Instead of giving someone a ticket for standing on the corner panhandling, how 'bout we give them a better opportunity."
Nicely put.
Edit: Plus, anyone with sense knows that fining panhandlers is just an excuse for punishing people for being poor; it's not like the majority of panhandlers have cash to spare from their lucrative businesses.
"Instead of giving someone a ticket for standing on the corner panhandling, how 'bout we give them a better opportunity."
Nicely put.
Edit: Plus, anyone with sense knows that fining panhandlers is just an excuse for punishing people for being poor; it's not like the majority of panhandlers have cash to spare from their lucrative businesses.
I'm so excited to read about this. I had no idea we were even doing this!
However we do have a problem in Albuquerque with professional panhandlers who beat up and push homeless people out of "profitable areas".