[Speed Gibson,
Saturday April 30, 2005 at 8:34pm]
Who should get pan-handling licenses?
Minneapolis Police Chief William McMannus has proposed the licensing of panhandlers. The Minneapolis Star Tribune assumes that all panhandlers are poor. They are mistaken.
The Twins are pan-handling as we speak, trying to get a new stadium with mostly public funds. Where's their license?
The Gophers are pan-handling for a football stadium where we might see two big ten victories a year. Where's their license?
The Vikings have been pan-handling since perhaps five years after the Metrodome was built to theirs and Sid Hartman's specifications. Where's their license?
McMannus's idea is that "abuse" of the "right" to beg can be used to legally remove, maybe prosecute them. Shouldn't we the voters have the same right here?
Oh, but they aren't panhandling on the street. That would bring them dangerously close to polling places and ballot boxes. Somebody might ask for a referendum.
The Twins are pan-handling as we speak, trying to get a new stadium with mostly public funds. Where's their license?
The Gophers are pan-handling for a football stadium where we might see two big ten victories a year. Where's their license?
The Vikings have been pan-handling since perhaps five years after the Metrodome was built to theirs and Sid Hartman's specifications. Where's their license?
McMannus's idea is that "abuse" of the "right" to beg can be used to legally remove, maybe prosecute them. Shouldn't we the voters have the same right here?
Oh, but they aren't panhandling on the street. That would bring them dangerously close to polling places and ballot boxes. Somebody might ask for a referendum.