Just What Toronto Taxpayers Need...Another Study

The only solution I have heard that has a chance of working is to charge those that give in to beggars. It would help if ALL the local media highlighted  panhandling on a daily basis and I am sure they could find an army of citizen volunteers who would supply pictures and prose of the problem in their neighborhoods.

News
Panhandling study in the works

Sue-Ann Levy
Time for action on panhandlers

Don't Hold Your Breath Peter...

...Comrade Miller left but his outreach cadre at Silly hall are still in place and until you fre them "street pests" will carry on their nonsense.

Peter Worthington

Get rid of T.O.’s street pests

Now that David Miller is no longer mayor of Toronto, maybe there’s a chance for common sense to assert itself at City Hall.

Silly Hall Dropping The Ball...

...they should be spending their time dealing with this problem rather than this problem!

But this attempt at "beautification" of our streets is a one time event.

You Know Spring Has Actually Arrived...

...when columnists take on the problem of panhandling. Panhandling has become a cottage insustry, thx to Comrade Miller and His cabal, and it is NOT only a downtown problem but there is nowhere in the city where you are not exposed although I don't notice anyone begging on the streets of the Old Post area.

Buddy can you spare a crime 137

Tighter restrictions needed on Toronto panhandlers

By Sue-Ann Levy ,Toronto Sun

Q & A: Doug Holyday on Toronto's panhandlers


It is time to crack down on panhandlers in Toronto? Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday believes it may be. He tells the Post’s Natalie Alcoba why

No One Can Deny That The Needs/Desires Of Panhandlers Are...

...not much different than our needs/desires but we must remember that pandhandling and homelessness are two seperate issues. Panhandling has become a cottage industry!

How panhandlers use free credit cards

Joanne Mitchell, 60, and an acquaintance panhandle at a subway entrance at Union Station.

Jim Rankin/Toronto Star

 

By Jim Rankin

Sat Aug 28 2010

 

The Star gave credit-card-like gift cards to five panhandlers. Each purchase, and each returned card, tells a story.

...and so does this:

Toronto’s first Victoria’s Secret opens in Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Miraculous, Incredible bras touted by supermodels on hand to open first store in Toronto

Why Not...

...it is obvious that our left wing clown council are not going to take any action so why not make them another source of revenue that our clown councilors can piss away but I would include those who are deemed homeless, even when thousands of $$$ are spent on shelters for the homeless, and would make it mandatory that "panhandlers" issue receipts to people who could claim charitable contributions and Canada Revenue would expect tax returns.

Let's take the following one step further and make a panhandler our Pan Am Game Mascot...

Your City My City: Should the city issue panhandling permits?

1 hour 2 minutes ago

The status quo won’t curb panhandling, says a provocative entry by a guest Star blogger. Maybe a system of permits, like those used in parks, is a...