Panhandlers

[bradh]

Think God! Thats the hardest they work all year......Should be using their time being more productive

This shouldn't even elicit a response, but yeah I guess hanging at the station playing Madden would be more productive.

[kevinpate]

Gee, if we're ragging on firefighters, I guess the city could spend more and hire enough folks to have three 8 hour shifts a day, per house,with folks dropping hose and picks when the whistle blows, irrespective of whether they are at their station house or on/in someone else's trying to save a life.

Someone holds down a 24 hour shift, on a mentally and physically demanding job with no clue from one tenth of an hour to the next if they are waiting or rolling, or what exactly they are rolling upon, then a bit of volleyball etc. doesn't seem out of line to me.

Feel the same way about docs at hospitals, and about the many, many freaking CO's in this state who don't get volleyball time at all, but frequently pull doubles behind the bars because there are not enough bodies, and do so at pitiful income levels.

[krisb]

Awesome! I'm pretty sure Allison and Ben both follow my 9 year old daughter on Instagram. She mostly just posts selfies, or an occasional pic of the family Shih Tzu......but every now and again she is known to push the envelope and post up pics of her lunch from the school cafeteria. But at 9...she's not one to get too involved in politics. She was also Student of the month in February of 14' at Deer Creek Elementary. So, I'm assuming, that puts here somewhere on a Top 10 under 10 list, for kids living north of Memorial Road, and West of Meridian.

Do you think you could get some of your 40 under 40 friends to like some of her pics?

Huh? I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean.

[bradh]

He's making fun of your not so humble brag of who you follow on social media.

[Uptowner]

Has anyone seen this enforced yet? I drove through 23rd & Robinson intersection by byrons liquor tonight to enter 235 north. There was an accident where a car plowed through the crosswalk island on the NE corner, where people regularly panhandle. Ironically NOT a median. It took out the crosswalk button pole and a good chunk of maps 3 concrete.

[sooner88]

Has anyone seen this enforced yet? I drove through 23rd & Robinson intersection by byrons liquor tonight to enter 235 north. There was an accident where a car plowed through the crosswalk island on the NE corner, where people regularly panhandle. Ironically NOT a median. It took out the crosswalk button pole and a good chunk of maps 3 concrete.

There's also been panhandlers (not Curbside) on 23rd and Broadway every day this week as I've been coming home from work.

[turnpup]

Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 I was at the usually-heavily-panhandled intersection of Memorial and Penn and noticed the complete absence of any panhandlers. Their trash was still there, though.

[Bellaboo]

Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 I was at the usually-heavily-panhandled intersection of Memorial and Penn and noticed the complete absence of any panhandlers. Their trash was still there, though.

Reckon the cold front and snow sent them packing ? They were absent from my intersection as well. I've counted as many as 8 active panhandlers at once at 23 rd below I-235.

[Uptowner]

Cold front nothing, I saw some guys RAKING it in on classen & NW expressway just before the ice storm. They had their freezing little dog tied up with a rope with them.

[Tundra]

I've noticed for the past two days, yesterday In particularly at SW 44th and Penn I counted 11 panhandlers , today there were 6 , 59th same way , 240 same thing, Who is supposed to be enforcing this ? Cause it isn't happening......

[Plutonic Panda]

What are the police going to do? Ticket a homeless person who is trying to get money for booze or drugs? Arrest them and place them in an already over crowded jail with other people who shouldnt be there?

[Tundra]

What are the police going to do? Ticket a homeless person who is trying to get money for booze or drugs? Arrest them and place them in an already over crowded jail with other people who shouldnt be there?

Why can't they put them on a greyhound to Tulsa or something?

[kevinpate]

I may be mistaken, it happens, but isn't the effective start date in early 2016?

[DowntownMan]

I may be mistaken, it happens, but isn't the effective start date in early 2016?

I about ran over a panhandler on Sunday exiting Hefner parkway at 63rd. I was sitting at the red light about 4 cars back in the left lane and the light turned green. All of a sudden right in front of me after I started to move the panhandler decided to run over to the right lane to get money a lady was hanging out her window. If I hadn't have been quick I would have totally hit him.

I know not much can be done to prevent the panhandling, but people could help prevent this by not trying to give them money when you are in a different lane. Don't make them enter the street (which is also against the law i believe).

[Plutonic Panda]

Why can't they put them on a greyhound to Tulsa or something?

That could work lol

[Edgar]

I about ran over a panhandler on Sunday exiting Hefner parkway at 63rd. I was sitting at the red light about 4 cars back in the left lane and the light turned green. All of a sudden right in front of me after I started to move the panhandler decided to run over to the right lane to get money a lady was hanging out her window. If I hadn't have been quick I would have totally hit him.

I know not much can be done to prevent the panhandling, but people could help prevent this by not trying to give them money when you are in a different lane. Don't make them enter the street (which is also against the law i believe).

That'd be one less panhandler- lol as the kids say. Anyway don't worry, we're a God fearing Christian state. You can tell by the windows strategically lighted with crucifixes in Dec.

[kevinpate]

I may be mistaken, it happens, but isn't the effective start date in early 2016?

Got curious enough to go look. 01/07/16 appears to be the start date.

[Tundra]

That'd be one less panhandler- lol as the kids say. Anyway don't worry, we're a God fearing Christian state. You can tell by the windows strategically lighted with crucifixes in Dec.

If I were a panhandler, I would start going door to door and simply asking for a donation, once they are eradicated from the street corners, thats probably where they will end up anyway, which I would fully support them in their effort, I would start with all the liberal districts in the area since they seem to be the most sympathetic to them in the first place. Everyone could just start sitting out drinks and food on the porch and a little spending money and definitely a chair for them to rest their feet, you know its a hard days work they put in and all. Ringing the doorbell wouldn't even be necessary, Who wants to join me in this new movement? lets take care of these homeless and destitute people, You need to do your part......

[Plutonic Panda]

Concern surrounding panhandling at OKC intersections has grown over the years | News OK

Panhandlers not happy with new Oklahoma City ordinance | News OK

[soonermike81]

Many of the panhandlers are upset, claiming the ordinance tramples their constitutional right to free speech and leaves them with no source of steady income.

No steady income??? Some of these panhandlers are such a joke. I'm sorry, I can't help it. I moved away from Oklahoma over 10 years ago, and this was not anything even close to the problem it is today. For the most part, I saw one intersection consistently with someone asking for change, and it was the Penn exit on I-44 eb. Now, it feels like things have grown 100 fold. Is the homelessness problem truly that much worse off today than it was back then, or is it a bunch of lazy asses that don't want to work.

[Achilleslastand]

What gets me is when you see one who is a able bodied man under the age of 30 who appears to be in pretty good shape and hasn't missed a meal.

[Thomas Vu]

I'm in Houston, and some guy cleaned my window despite my efforts to decline the service.

[rte66man]

I'm in Houston, and some guy cleaned my window despite my efforts to decline the service.

And I bet he used a dirty rag and it was worse when he was done. That's what happens to me when I'm in Houston.

[bradh]

What's up with the people wearing safety vests and holding the buckets and holding these tiny fliers with a bunch of words? No way those guys are collecting for a legit charity right?

[kevinpate]

What gets me is when you see one who is a able bodied man under the age of 30 who appears to be in pretty good shape and hasn't missed a meal.

He might have limited education, or enough of a record, or enough of a disability that regular employment paths elude him.

Some of these folk, not all, but some, pull down significant coin on the days they take to a corner.

I don't condone panhandling, but I can understand why an able bodied person with limited prospects might undertake it. Eight hours washing dishes at 8 an hour is 64 before the standard deductions. If the person tops that in less than eight hours, and some do, there is not a lot of reasoning that will persuade them while they are in short term thinking mode.