Recognizing a problem in the making, the Minneapolis police chief proposed requiring begging licenses that would facilitate the arrest of panhandlers. |
The idea was borrowed from Vancouver, where a help meter in front of a store proved so popular with customers that panhandlers stopped begging there. |
It was a place for the many cowpunchers, panhandlers, and sodbusters to come in and enjoy themselves. |
Beggars, panhandlers and hustlers are more persistent and ingenious here than anywhere in India. |
You couldn't see him for dust as he broke for the nearest 'speakeasy,' and the two panhandlers were hanging on to his coat tails. |
Recently, a San Francisco hotel association asked its guests not to give money to panhandlers because this just kept them hanging around, creating problems. |