No Panhandling Signs Downtown

Started by duvaldude08, September 06, 2011, 02:13:30 PM

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duvaldude08

September 06, 2011, 02:13:30 PM Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 02:44:23 PM by BridgeTroll
Has anyone else seen the " No Panhandling" signs DT? I walked to the fountain on my break and noticed one there stating " Panhandling is prohibited in Downtown Jacksonville". Are these signs any where? or just at parks?
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Tacachale

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September 06, 2011, 03:09:13 PM
I haven't seen them, but it's about time.
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fsujax

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September 06, 2011, 03:11:02 PM
i have seen them along the riverwalk near the Landing and near Hemming Park

RiversideLoki

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September 06, 2011, 03:54:20 PM
I've seen them here and there for a while now. It doesn't do a lick of difference.
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peestandingup

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September 06, 2011, 05:16:56 PM
Quote from: RiversideLoki on September 06, 2011, 03:54:20 PM
I've seen them here and there for a while now. It doesn't do a lick of difference.

Was gonna post the same thing. Plenty of cities have these ordinances & signs. It doesn't do anything.

What does make it better however is an enforcement by cops who actually walk the streets & a higher presence of businesses/pedestrian foot traffic. Basically, vibrancy.

It still doesn't completely stop it, but it sure makes it a lot better.

KuroiKetsunoHana

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September 06, 2011, 05:21:05 PM
i imagine most homeless poeple don't really care if something they're doïng is a misdemeanor.  when you sleep on the streets, what's so bad about a night in jail?
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Ocklawaha

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September 06, 2011, 08:43:34 PM
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Miss Fixit

#7
September 06, 2011, 10:17:23 PM
If anything, the panhandlers are getting bolder and more creative.  Sunday one hit me up as I was leaving the Florida Theatre.  When I said I didn't have any cash, he suggested I come with him to a restaurant and use a credit card to treat him to dinner!

Non-RedNeck Westsider

#8
September 06, 2011, 10:57:59 PM
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs; fucking up the scenery, breakin' my mind.  Do this don't do that, can't you read the signs.









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NavyGuyAN

#9
September 07, 2011, 01:52:29 AM
Some of these guys are dumb as rocks and the people who help them are even dumber yet with no common sense...funny if your gonna play the part, you need to DRESS the part...I see the guys by the Orange Park Mall and 295 all the time asking for petty cash...yet they have a $100 back-pack on...LoL

copperfiend

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September 07, 2011, 09:55:22 AM
Quote from: NavyGuyAN on September 07, 2011, 01:52:29 AM
Some of these guys are dumb as rocks and the people who help them are even dumber yet with no common sense...funny if your gonna play the part, you need to DRESS the part...I see the guys by the Orange Park Mall and 295 all the time asking for petty cash...yet they have a $100 back-pack on...LoL

Probably the same type of folks that hang out around 9A off-ramps at Beach and UNF. They don't look homeless. They just look like lazy ass rednecks in need of beer money.

downtownjag

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September 07, 2011, 10:17:43 AM
Quote from: duvaldude08 on September 06, 2011, 02:13:30 PM
Has anyone else seen the " No Panhandling" signs DT? I walked to the fountain on my break and noticed one there stating " Panhandling is prohibited in Downtown Jacksonville". Are these signs any where? or just at parks?

Yeah, right in front of The Carling.  Maybe they don't do much, but at least it looks like the city cares
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