tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5764381238067169957..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-86255559685993561262012-10-04T08:42:43.525-05:002012-10-04T08:42:43.525-05:00I agree, Michael. It&#39;s also worse in Miami Beach, which is a much bigger tourist destination. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-88467834752799374702012-10-04T08:06:50.476-05:002012-10-04T08:06:50.476-05:00I was just a couple weeks ago in San Francisco for an IT conference. 20 K people conference. A few weeks after another IT conference with 80 K people was there in the same area of San Fran.<br /><br />Panhandling in SF is 10 times worse than it has ever been in Indy. So that person worrying about panhandling must have come from a very small town.<br /><br />Enforce the current rules (no panhandling on the corners, no talking to people to ask for money) and it will be fine.<br /><br />My wife and I had our anniversary dinner downtown Sunday night and decided to eat outside at a restaurant. There right on the corner was a panhandling person (probably not homeless) talking loudly on her cell phone and saying &quot;hello&quot; to each person walking by.<br /><br />And also commenting on a lot of peoples clothing, or how cute their kids looked. It was a bit creepy.<br /><br />She didn&#39;t ask for money, but she did have a cup for donations. But problem was she was right on the corner, which I thought was not allowed.<br /><br />Oh, also had a man walk up to us after we visited a bar after dinner with a story he needed $4 now that he had been diagnosed with cancer...?<br /><br />Michael Kobrowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833381523498017951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40973642585426218682012-10-02T22:16:16.443-05:002012-10-02T22:16:16.443-05:00Hide people. What kind of person hides people instead of helping them? <br /><br />Are they showing up on street corners in unkempt clothes? Response : ban vocalization of requests for donations on street corners.<br /><br />Are they asking for money? Put in &#39;donation boxes&#39; whose funds go to who knows where - &#39;its better for THEM&#39;. DO encourage less visibility of the &#39;problem people&#39;.<br /><br />Thank goodness for the Church on Georgia Street that feeds the homeless. <br /><br />Shame on IDI for rearranging the furniture to keep the homeless from any comfort.<br /><br />Shame on Ballard for not giving a real damn about real people in real need in our city. It long past time when he learned that this city is more than a tourist catch for the CIB and the hotel industry.<br /><br />Tell me again, why any of this needs to be said to supposed human beings who are in a position to help their fellow man.<br /><br />Heartless bastards.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.com