[Mpls] Re: panhandling (was Mayor Rybak and panhandling)

[Aaron Neumann]

I think I was a sophomore in high school, 1992, when I gave my first 
dollar to panhandler, a street musician a.k.a "busker"  no less, on 
Nicollet Ave. in downtown.  I also remember waiting for the bus with an 
older co-worker many years back ('95-'96) and he was approached by a 
clearly desperate panhandler asking for spare change.  My co-worker 
replied "how 'bout a buck?"  I'll never forget the overall 
gratitude/empathy of life displayed by both of them after their brief 
transaction.  I often keep spare dollars in my front pockets for the 
occasion, and use that very line that gives more than what's expected.  
Highly recommended. 

Aaron Neumann
Sheridan

Laura and lloyd wrote:

>
> On Sunday, October 2, 2005, at 07:48  PM, Terrell Brown wrote:
>
>> Under the "leadership" of Mayor Rybak, panhandling has become the 
>> city's leading growth industry.  Now you can find downtown 
>> panhandlers at least as early as 6 in the morning, something that you 
>> would never see before Rybak assumed command at City Hall.
>
>
> I gave my first cash to a Minneapolis panhandler downtown shortly 
> after moving here from Washington, D.C. in 1973.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Laura
> Southeast Minneapolis (Como)
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