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Posted on May 21, 2007 at 11:47 p.m.
It is very noble of you to stand up and defend the homeless community, but I would expect nothing less from the head of the Dallas Homeless Neighborhood Association. However, in the real world, the panhandling problem in the CBD is the primary reason most people still and always will avoid Downtown Dallas. On the two block walk from the DART stop to my work, I am "hit up" an average of 10 times a day. These people aren't always pleasant when they're refused a handout. I've been cursed at several times.
As for the "newspaper" salesmen...In the four years I've been working downtown, I've seen the same people at the same corners every single day...for four years! How is this helping them get off the street? This program is just another crutch. The resources used to print/distribute these newspapers should be used for more legitimate training/job placement instead of funding a disguised form of panhandling.
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Posted on May 22, 2007 at 12:09 a.m.
My biggest problem with this is the idea of the city forcing business property owners to darken their buildings at night. I think a much more agreeable, less imposing way to go about this would be for the city to initiate a Lights Out campaign asking businesses to VOLUNTARILY turn out their lights. Those business could be given some sort of recognition, and others can operate they way they should be able to in a free society.
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