David Wilson wrote: �One other story. There is a panhandler who works Nicollet and Grant. He rode the bus with me once. He put the touch on the passengers and then got off at Franklin Liquors. I never give he any money. He replied once when I said no :"So you don't participate?" My reply was "Put me on your 'Do not ask List."
I know. That�s why I no longer hand out money on the street. Even if their need is totally legitimate, it seems to me they might not fill it with my money. I give money to organizations that have a record of filling the needs so that people can get them met without begging on the street. I once had little coupons to hand out to go to one of the places I give to, so I could hand them one and say �Go get a meal�. I also started using my bus card down to where it had one ride and then would hold onto it until someone said they needed money for a ride. Then I would hand them the one-ride bus card and say �Here�s a ride for you.� I have a story about being hit twice by the same person with a lame story, but it happened in St Paul. ------------------------- Steve Meldahl writes:� He told me that he averages 3 to 4 calls "per day " for service or maintenance. Thats 40 times more aggravation than I have to endure. Now I ask you, which scenario sounds like the best way to run a business???� Well, but that�s due to the neglect of the building, not Section 8. ------------------------- Jeff Carlson wrote:� Hiawatha Avenue is a death-trap to cross either by bike or foot and is way too wide for the 35 mile-an-hour speed limit mandated by MnDOT's promises to ourneighborhoods.� Death-trap is stronger language than I would use, but it does make me glad I don�t have mobility problems. As before, the solution to me is tunnels underneath where people would have to cross to a transit station. -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
