Jackson Jambalaya

And if you are naive enough to donate them money it will go in their arm or up their nose. The best idea is to give them a one-way bus ticket to kalifornia.

Narcotic brain damage

Looks to me like he's trying to bring down the pair that's already.up there. Probably a nicer pair than he's got.

What’s the deal with these folks on Lakeland Dr begging for money? Are they homeless or transient or locals…or scammers?

@11:51 AM - Survey says.......scammers.

And today one of you evil people will experience a tragedy and that is karma

If memory serves correct, the Sheriff's office stopped the panhandling and Mayor Lumumba came to the rescue and reinstated the practice. Chokwe views begging as industrial development for his radical city.

I thought gangs toss shoes on power lines to mark their territory. You know, Crips, Bloods and whatever else.

All three.

Approached by these street people many times, I’ve said to them if you’re hungry then tell me what you want to eat and I’ll go get it for you and bring it back here to you. Of dozens, only one has ever taken my offer, a woman at the McD at Fortification. The rest just wanted me to give them cash.

Still, they are more productive than grifter Rukia Lumumba.

I hate that ghetto drug culture.. Went to a favorite place growing up (Red Bluff) recently and it was totally trashed with shoes over the lines etc

I first got disgusted with bum panhandlers in Salt Lake City. The regulars included a lady who was "pregnant" for 3 years. Longer than a pachyderm. Then, it was a lawyer, who made 300 bucks a day, back then, 30 years ago. He was among the ones who preyed on innocent and naive Mormons coming to the Temple Square area.

Here's the best article, where new folks actually investigated, about it, a al 2013 or so: https://www.ksl.com/article/27782692/business-of-begging-the-real-stories-behind-utah-panhandling

Not all of ours are as blatant but most probably are.

Everyone in north jax should pull off and toss an old pair of shoes up there!!!

You're probably right, 12:54. Panhandling, for Jackson, may be a major injection into the local economy, just as Remittances from the US, are second only to oil revenue, for Mexico. And just as plankton form the base of the ocean's food chain, panhandling receipts (along with robbery, and various government monies from out in Yankeeland) could support the entire corrupt power structure of Jackson-Kush.

Or we could do what we once did, involuntarily commit them for treatment. Thank the Supreme Court that were clueless about the practicalities of real life so we have to wait until they commit an act that is dangerous to themselves or others. Once upon a time, there was an alcoholic who for years and a time would be the best carpenter in town. Then he would go on a mean drunk binge, his wife would call the police and in 30 days, he'd have another good few years. His family never needed welfare, they set aside 30 days of expenses to keep the lights on and children clothed and fed.
But, it does help some of you who barely function to feel better about yourselves to have these folks to look down on.

Next, we'll be shown a streetside view of a Jackson downtown business-front boarded up.

Until I have walked in the panhandlers shoes I will continue to befriend them as much as possible.

Have you ever notice most homeless people are men? That’s because women who also suffer from the same things men do get off there butt and get off the streets. Men it’s a lifestyle choice.

So 10:43, you're saying that you are just as "lazy" as they are!!!!

Some panhandlers are actually pimped, with a handler who picks them up and drops them off. Others live this lifestyle on purpose, begging and living off them the streets, but taking pretty nice “vacations”. Some have been investigated by local media after being tipped off to being complete scammers

Go to Northeast Jackson. There are quite a few female members of the panhandling population.

I was on that corner of frontage and Meadowbrook where you always see them and a car stopped and the panhandler just hoped up and got in car like her shift was over. Wanted to follow the guy that picked her up but was busy. Sure there are some that are truly in need but I suspect most ate pulling a scam.

Our Creator feeds even the smallest of creatures like the little wrens and sparrows. He doesn't throw the food in their nests, though.

I get a kick out of their "cart of props" sitting close by. They get to their corner at their specified times, go to the "cart of props" and decide what their ailment will be for the day, grab a sign and bucket to sit on and get to work. Pathetic!

Hwy 80 and Terry road has become popular also. Once guy was holding his sign upside down. Then one guy had a sign that just I need a beer. At least he was honest

Been popular for over 20 years. One time, many moons ago, WAPT watched the panhandlers at that intersection. They were all sitting behind a nearby wooden fence. The men panhandled in shifts. Once he got enough money, he would go to the nearby convenience store, buy cigs and a tall boy. They were all sitting behind the fence drinking and smoking.

“It is a great day, when a man can get up in the morning, put on his shoes and go to work.”

18 and Greenway has a duty rotation, HQ is in the woods by Wally Werld, they even have females and there’s another group of meff heads that patrol that area looking for scrap metal with shopping carts, strollers, and a go kart.

Now you’re trying to discourage people from donating shoes to the homeless? How did you get to be so classy, Kingfish?

I Would love to know what a panhandler makes on average daily.

I am starting to believe that if these people were offered free housing, they would not accept it.

I drove by the ones at Countyline Rd. one day and there was one guy standing at traffic light holding a sign while all the others were sitting in the grass around a laptop. I guess he drew short straw.