Antone's Nightclub
Panhandlers Are a Real Problem
RECEIVED Fri., Oct. 5, 2007
Dear Editor,
I'm so tired of seeing people actually siding with Austin's homeless [“Beside the Point,” News, Oct. 5]. So here's a letter rooting for expanding anti-solicitation ordinances. Let's stop enabling the homeless, and let's actually make them work for their money like most people do. I'm tired of seeing Austin's city limits riddled with transients. Why? Because when I first moved here I had no vehicle, so my only means of transportation was the metro or my own two feet. My everyday commute to school or to work was an annoying encounter of smelly bums and panhandling scum, being rude or aggressive. Men and woman drinking beer at bus stops with the money they would gather throughout the day. I swear everyone wants to sugar this poop cake and state that the panhandling homeless are harmless and helpless. Why don't we print what actually goes on at those intersections? I'm horrified to know that no one wants to take responsibility for enabling these people to panhandle. There is a reason why you don't see them (homeless) in court fighting for their own cause, because they have better things to do, like drink their sorrows away, rant, and hate the society that's giving them their daily dose of food and money. All I have to say to the City Council is you got my vote on expanding anti-solicitation ordinances. Let's start cleaning up our streets and making this community safe!
I'm so tired of seeing people actually siding with Austin's homeless [“Beside the Point,” News, Oct. 5]. So here's a letter rooting for expanding anti-solicitation ordinances. Let's stop enabling the homeless, and let's actually make them work for their money like most people do. I'm tired of seeing Austin's city limits riddled with transients. Why? Because when I first moved here I had no vehicle, so my only means of transportation was the metro or my own two feet. My everyday commute to school or to work was an annoying encounter of smelly bums and panhandling scum, being rude or aggressive. Men and woman drinking beer at bus stops with the money they would gather throughout the day. I swear everyone wants to sugar this poop cake and state that the panhandling homeless are harmless and helpless. Why don't we print what actually goes on at those intersections? I'm horrified to know that no one wants to take responsibility for enabling these people to panhandle. There is a reason why you don't see them (homeless) in court fighting for their own cause, because they have better things to do, like drink their sorrows away, rant, and hate the society that's giving them their daily dose of food and money. All I have to say to the City Council is you got my vote on expanding anti-solicitation ordinances. Let's start cleaning up our streets and making this community safe!
Gina Alexia