On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:43:14 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
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-->>Michael "Dog3" wrote:
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-->>> The panhandlers used to really **** me off. Some of them could be
-->>> very aggressive. Did you know it's legal to panhandle in the city of
-->>> St. Louis? A cop I know said it's not illegal for people to
-->>> panhandle but he told me a couple of exceptions which I don't
-->>> remember.
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-->>Some that work the suckers in heavily - touristed places here (Michigan Ave,
-->>Navy Pier, etc.) make pretty good money I'd guess...then there are the "I've
-->>lost my wallet and I need $3.25 to get home on the commuter train
-->>tonight..." scammers.
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There are two guys that wear knee braces I see all the time panning, they stand
on the center blvd. at the stop lights of two large big box malls. One guy had
a sign, "out of work starving", my buddy owns a construction company and
offered the guy a job for $14 hr., he said hell no man why work when I can make
$400 in just a few hours every day.
So if that's the truth, and I'm guessing it could be that's $2000 a week if
he's there five days a week.