Today's AJC website has a lead story about how Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has authorized the city to install five meters titled "Give Change That Makes Sense" This is in conjunction with increased police pressure discouraging panhandling and loitering. Funding for the program, $40,000.00, will come from Central Atlanta Progress, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Atlanta Police Foundation and the Georgia World Congress Center.
Do you think that possibly the city government is enacting this program to assuage their guilt of running the panhandlers off?
My primary charitable donations are made automatically on a weekly basis to organizations that make representative requests and intermittently express appreciation. More donations are made through Habitat for Humanity, direct payment and article gifting. All of these gifts are to organizations that apply little to no overhead costs and rely mainly on the efforts of volunteer associates. I will NEVER put money into a meter for charity as I will NEVER give money to a panhandler, and I have NO guilt about that.
The city has obtained grants from local business concerns that wish for the panhandling to disappear. You should have deep suspicion if it was ever reported that the monies collected in these meters exceed the program cost. On its face the grant will go to employ another political machine employee, this as reimbursement cleaning the streets of irritants to business.
Do you think that possibly the city government is enacting this program to assuage their guilt of running the panhandlers off?
My primary charitable donations are made automatically on a weekly basis to organizations that make representative requests and intermittently express appreciation. More donations are made through Habitat for Humanity, direct payment and article gifting. All of these gifts are to organizations that apply little to no overhead costs and rely mainly on the efforts of volunteer associates. I will NEVER put money into a meter for charity as I will NEVER give money to a panhandler, and I have NO guilt about that.
The city has obtained grants from local business concerns that wish for the panhandling to disappear. You should have deep suspicion if it was ever reported that the monies collected in these meters exceed the program cost. On its face the grant will go to employ another political machine employee, this as reimbursement cleaning the streets of irritants to business.
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