Bumwatch

The last several days as I return home from work there have been bums with signs hanging out at the SE corner of 75/SpringValley.

I haven't checked the local statutes to see if it's illegal, but if it becomes a pattern I'll report them. The whole "walking between cars as they move" dangerous to all parties.

Bumwatch

Ok, let's be clear what I mean by bum. I mean a panhandler, a hustler. I do not mean homeless person in any generic sense.

Got panhandled at the 7-11 on the SW corner of 75/Beltline. Could I spare any change? No. Could I have spared a hotdog and a cup of coffee? Sure. I'm human.

I think people do like to help others; I do not think they like to be hustled. I know I don't. I am also conflicted about bums hanging around places of business. I am not for curtailing liberty of homeless folk, and I am not for curtailing the liberty of the business owner who might not want bums panhandling the business' customers.