So you don't think he was replaced by a pod Keith? Am I the only one thinking straight today? My brother in law a real coon ass from south Louisiana saw a man on the street with a sign that said will work for food and/or gas. He thought we could bring him some red beans and rice and kill two birds with one stone. It's the weekend..........
On Aug 12, 2016 3:52 PM, "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, this seems like an excellent program, and apparently it's > working, having been in place for over a year now. > > Here in Tampa, our Mayor/City Council took a bit different approach, and I > don't know how in comparison the pan handling was in Tampa to Albuquerque; > but here in Tampa, and pretty much all of Florida's major cities, we had an > epidemic....Especially during the winter months. > > Tampa City Council outlawed panhandling per-se; and applied some rules and > regulations. These homeless must be wearing the reflective vests that you > see; and probably most importantly, they were required to "sell" > newspapers! The Tampa Tribune and the Tampa Bay Times was involved in > hiring them; and several non-profits also got into the printing business > along with the Tampa Chamber of Commerce; putting out a touristy type > periodical/paper/flyer; which were technically free, but folks could make a > "donation" to the seller. > > For a while, it greatly improved the pan handling epidemic, reducing in > scope the number of folks at the street corners attempting to panhandle. It > also reduced the fights among these "Street Vendors" fighting over corners > and who had the right of way.... > > The program died about a year ago, and alas, we've gone back to having an > influx of panhandlers once again.....it's not nearly as bad during the > summer; but when it turns cool again, I'm sure they'll all be once again > out and about. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:49 PM, ImStillMags Mags <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/ >> 08/11/this-republican-mayor-has-an-incredibly-simple-idea- >> to-help-the-homeless-and-it-seems-to-be-working/?tid=sm_fb >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
