just my opinon
 

mind your own business and be thankful you are not in a position to beg, but in a position to give.

Just south of Youngstown, but it was no fairytail. The panhandler usually made it about a half day. Boardman.

No charities, either.

Gee, did I say I was enthralled with Ohio? Perhaps you misunderstood.

Of Panhandlers and problems
 

According to federal and Florida law, panhandling is a "freedom of speech" but can be regulated somewhat. Google Florida panhandling for some interesting stories. Last year, Stan Martin of Spruce Creek South approached the Marion County Commissioners and requested they consider the problem of panhandling on Highway 441. Probably because the ACLU brought a suit forward on behalf of a panhandler who was awarded $10,000 in damages, the county did not act on Martin's request. Panhandlers, however, are restricted and can only panhandle in the center median. They cannot panhandle nor park their vehicles on the roadside owned by businesses. I, for one, am against panhandling because it is a major distraction which years ago was the cause of my being in an accident.

There is always someone less fortunate than you. No one forces you to give to the needy, it's a choice you make. Personally, I don't mind giving the change I have in my car or pocket to someone who needs it. When you give to most organized charities a lot of the money of it goes to "administrative" costs. Panhandlers cut out the middle man.
I find this thread to be judgmental and distasteful.

Well put.

Unbelievable comment.

I second this.

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I believe in the rule of abundance, if you use what you have for good you will always have enough. I'm sure I've been snookered along the way, but that's the con artists problem, not mine.

I have absolutely no patience for the fake charities, the ones that take advantage of good hearted people-but that too works itself out.

I would prefer these people worked for money, but here in TV they really can't go door to door looking for work.

Back in the day on LI, there were guys hanging out at 7-11, not begging for money, just looking for work. They were great, hard working, respectful-okay, so maybe they were a bit illegal-it worked.

I think you just do what you can. You do what feels good for you. Maybe something as simple as clean out your pantry and donate it to a food bank. (A few years back you could bring donations to the security booths.)

Where I came from they would usually pick-up the panhandlers within thirty minutes or less inside the city. If you saw any it was usually on the exits outside the city limits. Even there someone would call the Sheriff's office pretty quick.

You lived in "Lyden" land.

Yep. "Welcome to Florida's Friendliest Hometown where the poor working class in Wildwood had better never show their faces in Brownwood and the unemployed poor are likened to stray dogs". God must be so proud.

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WELL SAID MACK!!!

Well I started out as a "poor working class," so I guess that I had better stay out of Brownwood. You sure said it right Mack184, the God part. :agree: :agree: