Comments on: Mayor Hotline July 25 to 31 https://boiseguardian.com/2009/08/03/mayor-hotline-july-25-to-31/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: TJHam https://boiseguardian.com/2009/08/03/mayor-hotline-july-25-to-31/#comment-14034 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:26:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3155#comment-14034 I have to laugh – several years ago I was approached by a panhandler at Albertsons on 16th Street. He asked for a dollar for coffee. (yeah, right) Anyway I managed to get my cart between myself and the guy, but I looked into my car and realized I had about 30 dollars worth of cat food and bird food there. Perhaps a human deserved as much. I reached into my purse and found a ten dollar bill. I handed it to him and asked him to pay it forward. He reached across the cart and kissed me on my cheek. I kind of felt good about my decision.

Many people who are homeless are not capable of having a normal life but it doesn’t mean they are bad people.

]]> By: Larry Fortensky https://boiseguardian.com/2009/08/03/mayor-hotline-july-25-to-31/#comment-14015 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:58:04 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3155#comment-14015 The guy who’s obsessed with panhandlers sounds like a jerk, a crank, a completely dour person. Get a life. How scary it would be to have this guy come at you, eyes bulging with rage, frothing at the mouth. People have the right to occupy public spaces with a sign and cup in their hand without this guy’s harassment. He might need to be Tasered.

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