' BLOWBACK '
I JUST CAN'T GET THAT ABSTRACT PAINTING OUT OF MY MIND, AND ALL THE ' AMERICAN VETERANS ' WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF 9/11 TO ' MAKE A FEW MORE DOLLARS.'
CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER OF BARTON PRINCE AND JOHN X. GONZALES, YEP, ALL THOSE " TUMBLE WEEDS AND RABBITS " IN THE DESERT THAT YOU, JOHN, AND BARTON " PROTECTED."
YOU SEE, ALL YOU ' STUDENTS AND VETS,' ' FACEBOOK ' IS MINE, EVEN AS I SPEAK, IN THE FUTURE, AND ALL THOSE ' PHOTO'S ' OF BARTON'S STUDIO AND HIS AIRPLANE AND ABSTRACT PAINTING HANGING FROM THE CEILING......ALL THOSE YEARS AGO; YOU BOTH HIDING UNDER THE ' PRINCE'S AND UNION'S SKIRT'S ' ENJOYING ALL ' THE DRIPPINGS.'
COMMONALITY: BOTH, ' COMMUNICATIONS ' AND THE CITY KNEW IT ALL ALONG.
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE TRUE FUNDAMENTALIST BELIEVERS IN THIS COUNTRY, FROM OTHER COUNTIES, WHO ARE REAL ' PATRIOTS ' FOR THIS COUNTRY........ONLY. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Can you guess what the lighting is,
without ' expense ' to all children? |
UNDERSTAND.
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UPDATED 5 - 17 - 2015
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I THINK ' 85 - ' 86, IT SNOWED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. MUCH
LIKE THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. DIDN'T STICK THIS
TIME.
THE CLOUDS ROLLING ON OVER THE SANDIAS.
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THIS IS ONE OF MY SEAHORSES
THAT WE INSTALLED AT A
SCHOOL. THE PIECE WAS PURCHASED
BY DR. DRAKE, A WEIRD WOMAN
WHO SOMEHOW ACHIEVED A
SENSE OF ART APPRECIATION
AND WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY ' SHE'
GAVE MY BABY AWAY TO ' KIDS,'
AND THEY NAMED ' FRED '
SNUFFUALGUFFALIS ! AND
THAT ONE I REALLY DON'T
KNOW HOW TO FUCKIN SPELL ! |
FIRST, I DECIDED TO POST THIS HERE FOR A VERITY OF REASONS, FIRST, I WITNESSED THE SMALL MAN WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT CONTINUALLY HARASS MRS. EVELYN ABBOTT ABOUT SELLING HER HOUSE TO HIM, BUT UNTIL HER DEATH. THE FAMILY DECIDED THE NEAR FINAL ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF THE HOME TO PAY FOR HER STAY AT THE WHITE DOVE ( THE NAME OF THE HOSPICE CENTER IS SPANISH ). I'VE EATEN AT THAT BUSINESS, OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT NEAR THIRTY YEARS.
I COULD GIVE EXACT QUOTES THAT SHE STATED, INCLUDING THE FEW ' POSITIVE ' REMARKS, I ALSO COULD GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE RESTAURANT WAS USED TO ' MARKET,' WITH OR WITHOUT, THE OWNERS KNOWLEDGE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, BUT WHAT SERVICE WOULD THAT SERVE ? POLICE INCLUDED, FREE MEALS AND, WELL, AGAIN, WHAT WOULD THAT SERVE.
TODAY I WAS ASKED TO " GET GOING " BECAUSE MR. OWNED THE PROPERTY THAT SAGGIOS IS LOCATED ON, " I RENT TO ' THEM .' " I EXPLAINED THAT I ASK ONLY AFTER, I REALLY TRY TO, AFTER THE CUSTOMER HAS LEFT THE RESTAURANT. I ALWAYS STAY SEATED, NEVER ' APPROACH ' THE PEOPLE AND CHOOSE BY WAY OF BODY LANGUAGE AS TO WHO TO ASK. I TRY NEVER TO ASK SINGLE MOMS WITH CHILDREN, OR HIGH SCHOOL ' LOOKING ' YOUTH. THIS IS WHO I AM. SO I WAITED ANYWAY, AND ' LISTENED TO SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. AND, NO, I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE. BUT I DO KNOW, TECHNOLOGY.
THE CUSTOMERS LEFT SAGGIOS RESTAURANT WITH HEADS BOWED DOWN, MOST SADDENED AFTER MR. ENTERED AND STAYED INSIDE.
NOW, I DID EXPLAIN THAT WHEN HIS SECURITY ( POINTED TO HIS INSIDE ' HEM ' THEN RAPIDLY ' APPROACHED ' ME WITHIN INCHES, AND ASKED ME TO LEAVE THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT, I TURNED MY HEAD. HE BACKED AWAY, AND I GOT UP, AND EYE TO EYE, I LEFT ) ASKED ME TO LEAVE I DID AND WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
NOW, I DID NOT TELL MR. THAT A HISPANIC MEMBER OF HIS SECURITY ( PSI OR PCI ) THAT I WAS TOLD NOT TO CLEAN MY BACKPACK IN THE RESTROOM BY THIS FRANTIC MAN, AS THE REAL CULPRIT WAS STILL IN THE STALL, FEET UP, NO DOUBT AND STILL, PROBABLY MASTURBATING. I WAS CLEANING OFF ICING FROM A CINNAMON ROLL. ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE YOU TAKE A SHIT TOO. ANYWAY, THE SECURITY OFFICER WAS NEAR THE TRASH AND STILL MOUTHING OFF, AND MADE A SUDDEN MOVEMENT TO HIS SIDEARM, I SHIFTED MY WEIGHT RAPIDLY READY FOR, LETS SAY ' UPWARD AND TWIST,' HE LOWERED HIS ARM.
I TOOK THE BACKPACK TO THE TABLE I WAS AT AND CLEANED IT, THEN OUTSIDE.
IT'S NOT FUN TAKING A CRAP AND SOMEONE IS ' JERKING OFF,' MUCH LESS ANOTHER, WELL I GUESS ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT HE WAS DOING. HOLSTERS HAVE A VERITY OF ' MECHANISMS ' TO RELEASE THE WEAPON WHEN THE OWNER WISHES TO USE DEADLY FORCE.
NOW AS FAR AS HEROIN AND COCAINE, WELL EVERYONE KNEW WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, BUT THEN AGAIN, I WAS JUST INTO BEER AND STAYED AWAY FROM THE OTHER SHIT.
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I TOOK PART OF A NEWSPAPER THAT HAD THE HEIGHTS DETERMINED BY THE FCC WHICH INCLUDED ' DRONES,' TODAY AFTER THE DRONE THAT WAS FLYING AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL AND WHAT EVER STREET THE FRONTIER IS ON, I SAID " WELL, I COULD HIT IT WITH A ROCK BUT THEN I WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR TAKING DOWN AN OFFICER MUCH LIKE A K-9. HA ! " THE DRONE THEN APPROACHED ME AND I ALSO SAID " I DON'T WANT TO SCARE YOU, SO I WON'T SHOW YOU THE NEWSPAPER ( THAT I TOOK FROM A NEWSPAPER LEFT AT A TABLE INSIDE THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT, USA NEWS )." SO I GAVE IT TO A YOUNG LADY, SO THAT SHE COULD BE A " PART OF HISTORY." THE PATH TO MY MURDER.
AND, THAT I COULD BE CALLED A LIER ( HA ! ), I THINK THAT I SAID THAT OUT LOUD.
SHUSSSSSSSS, A BLACK SLEEVED ARM GRABBED THE ' DRONE ' RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR ! AN ACTUAL ALIEN ABDUCTION ! RIGHT HERE IN ALBQ, NM. !
IN ANY EVENT, I TOLD THE OWNER AND ' KING ' OF ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND ' PRODUCTS,' THAT I WAS GOING TO BE LEAVING TOWN IN ABOUT A WEEK, BUT MUCH LIKE HIS SECURITY, HE'S A ' JERK,' AND SO I'LL ASK FRANK, THE OWNER OF SAGGIOS.
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THIS IS NOT A SUNFLOWER. THIS
IS PERHAPS THE FINEST EXAMPLE
OF RENAISSANCE ART THAT THE
ENTIRETY OF THE ' WEST ' HAS TO
OFFER IN THE FINEST OF ALBUQUERQUE
RESTAURANTS ON CORNELL ST.
IF YOU DINE THERE, YOU TOO CAN
ASK YOURSELF, " WHAT THE HELL IS
THAT ? "
I HAVEN'T A CLUE, BUT I HAD FUN
MAKING IT. I THINK, WELL SOME
FEMALE ' MUSE ' DID ANYWAY. |
WHEN YOUR DOWN ON YOUR LUCK AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS ' SEEMINGLY ' SUPPORT CHILD ABUSE AND ' RAPE,' MUCH HOW NEW MEXICO WAS WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN 1980 ( NEW MEXICO NUMBER 1, THEN 2 IN THE NATION FOR RAPE, NOT SURE ABOUT SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE ) NOW YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECTION THAT THIS STATE IS HEADED FOR AGAIN.
FOR WHAT'S IT'S WORTH, THE YELLOW JACKETS THAT THE OWNER'S WIFE HAS WORN WHEN I HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE STREET, HAS REMINDED ME OF THE ' YELLOW PAINT ON THE PAINT BRUSH BEHIND THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR AT MY FATHER'S RENTAL. BUT I DID NOT EXPECT THIS. MY FATHER'S LAST SET OF CHILDREN, ALSO SEXUALY ABUSED, MY BROTHER SAID FBI FOUND THEM, MY FATHER SAID HE FOUND THEM. I MENTION THIS ONLY BECAUSE, NOW AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, SOME OF THE POLICE HARASSMENT I NOW KNOW WHAT EVELYN ABBOTT WAS ' TALKING ABOUT.' I NEVER KNEW, EVEN BACK WHEN I WAS AT UNM.
I DON'T SELL ILLEGAL DRUGS, OR SEXUALLY ASSAULT PEOPLE; PROBLEM IS, MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO ' GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO,' OR MAYBE THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT'S OWNERS AND PATRONS, BUT THEY HAVE ' OFFERED ' MONIES TOO AND NEVER DRUGS. GOSH, THEN I SPEND IT IN THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT ???
I AM NOT GREEK OR A DEMOCRAT, ' RADICAL ' OR OTHERWISE. I AM INDEPENDENT. I'M A BAD PEANUT AND TOO ' CONSERVATIVE.' I KNOW, I'LL WEAR MORE RINGS ! THAT'S IT ! OR ' SWOOSH MY LEGS IN FRONT OF THE OTHER IN AN EXAGGERATED FASHION, AFTER ' JOHN WAYNE'S,' ' EXAMPLES,' OR LA CAGE AUX FOLLES ? NA !
NOW THE SECURITY OFFICERS INTERACTION WITH ME, FROM LAST NIGHT AND WHEN I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS ON TAPE, BUT I'M VERY SURE NOW, GONE FOREVER.
THE IDEAS FOR THE FROG LEGS IS A GOOD RECIPE.
I HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE BECAUSE I CAN'T ' FORGIVE ' WHAT WAS DONE TO ME WHEN I REPORTED SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE, I WAS THERE, I HEARD, SAW AND DID THE BEST I COULD AS FAR AS CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN. THESE GUYS ( VETERANS ) COME BACK FUCKED UP AND THERE IS NO HELP FOR THEM, FROM THE VA ( AL-QAEDA ).
A CHILD, SEVEN YEARS OLD ASKED ME ' WHY DID YOU LEAVE, HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME WITH HIM ? ' THEN THE FATHER POINTING TO HIS HEAD AS HE LOOKED AT ME AT THE CORNER OF LA VETA AND ALICE ST. EVEN MY LAWYER STEVEN LAWLESS MADE LITTLE OF THIS, SO I POSTED IT.
AND ALL THIS BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. I WILL BE IN THE SPOT I NORMALLY AM, AND IF CITY POLICE ASK ME TO LEAVE THEN I WILL. BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO ' BUY A GOOD REPUTATION.'
NOTE: IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW HOW FUCKED UP ' THE SYSTEM REALLY WAS ' LOOK AT ALL THE DATES FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, STORES AND OTHER BUSINESS'S. CHANCES ARE THE DATES DO NOT ' MEASURE UP.' THAT WAS A NATION UNDER THE INFLUENCES OF COCAINE.
I DID LOOK FOR THE OWNERS LAST NAME AND PROPER SPELLING, AND GOT THE SURPRISE OF MY LIFE. I PRAY TO G_D THAT PICTURE IS NOT OF ME. THE SHIRT ONE OF TWO FAVORITE RED SHIRTS, NOW DESTROYED, AND THE OLD COWBOY HAT IS LONG GONE IN AUSTIN, TX. 2012. ONE YEAR WITHOUT A MUSTACHE OR SO ( 2003-'04 ), AND ALWAYS GETTING CARDED. BUT THEN I QUITE, ABOUT A YEAR LATER. AND ANOTHER FUCKIN KID ! HOW TO PROTECT THEM; ALWAYS GAVE MONEY TO THE KIDS, ANY CHANGE AND BILLS; WISH I NEVER GAVE TO ANY SHELTER. TORE UP LAST RECEIPT TO MISSION BEFORE I LEFT EL PASO, 2015. NEVER AGAIN.
IT'S NO LONGER IMPORTANT WHO THE ' LITTLE MAN ' IS; SAME THING EVERY PLACE YOU GO, MONEY AS ULTIMATE god FOR BALLS.
ALSO, BRITNEY, AND ALL THOSE YEARS AGO 2007-'08, I THINK, FOR ME BRITANNIA JEANS, ' ANOTHER OFFERING ' BUT ALSO A ' HOAX ' ( I'M SURE GEOMETRIC TOO, ALL THE WAY UP ) AND WELL, JUST NOT SAYING ANYMORE.
I DID LET THE SECURITY OFFICER WHO ' OFFENDED ' ME WITH A SEXUAL ASSAULT, WHAT I SAW, AND WHAT CAME TO MIND AS FAR AS BRITNEY WENT. HE SAID HE WOULD PASS IT ON.
YOUR EMPLOYEE'S ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHO THE OWNER ' IS.' THANKS TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO CALLS ME BY MY NAME ' BART ' BY THE TORTILLAS. WISH I KNEW HER, BUT, I'M TOO OLD.
I WONT BE BACK. YOU CAN'T REPORT ANYTHING IN NEW MEXICO, OR EXPECT IMPROVEMENTS, I'VE LEARNED MORE THAN ONCE. AS FOR THE SECURITY OFFICER, I HAVE NO ' FEELINGS ' FOR WHAT YOU DID; ONLY ONE WOULD WALK AWAY IF BOTH ARMED. I'M NOT A ' SADIST.' I WILL ALWAYS ' GET ALONG,' WHILE LIVING, UNDER REAL LAW. I DON'T WASTE TIME IN ' REAL SITUATIONS ' WHILE CAMERAS ARE ROLLING.
NOW WHO IS THE ' RESPONSIBLE PERSON ( S ) ' NOW ?
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WHEN I THINK OF YELLOW, I AM REMINDED OF SUNFLOWERS, AND WHEN I WAS A KID.
NOT BARTON PRINCE EATING RANCH FLAVORED DAVID BRAND SUNFLOWER SEEDS, DON'T ASK ME WHAT I THINK HE ' THINKS ' ABOUT WHEN HE EATS THEM AND NEVER, EVER ASK HIM A QUESTION WHEN HE HAS A MOUTH FULL; ' VISUAL, ' EEEWWWWWW!
IF I TOLD OF ' ALL ' COINCIDENCES,' I COULD WATCH THE WORLD ' STOP.' child abuse... !!! !!! ' prefabbed generation. prove yourselves better to the ' lucifer ' that prefabbed you...you really ' control ' the value of all ' monies.'
UPDATED 5 - 18 - 2015
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
PUBLISHED: Monday, May 18, 2015 at 12:05 am
Copyright © 2015 Albuquerque Journal
For people who become annoyed at the sight of sign-wielding panhandlers along interstate access roads and at busy intersections – get used to it.
The panhandlers – some of them “professionals” – aren’t likely to go away any time soon, thanks in part to a city ordinance that makes it easier for them to do business.
Mayor Richard Berry acknowledged the challenge during a recent news conference in which he announced a new initiative to curb panhandling by asking people not to give money directly to panhandlers, but to instead donate to a United Way website where money will go to organizations providing services to the homeless and poor.
Homeless and pregnant, Linda Woods panhandles at the eastbound I-40 exit ramp at Louisiana. Despite the recent posting of a city 311 sign, she still collected almost $20 after two hours, about the same as before the signs were posted.
As part of the initiative, called “There’s a Better Way,” signs have been posted around Albuquerque with the website address as well as a plea to panhandlers, telling them to call the city’s 311 information phone line if they need help with food or shelter.
“I think it’s a good start,” said Pastor John Hill, executive director of the Albuquerque Rescue Mission.
“My take on it is, if panhandlers are really serious, they will take advantage of the city services. There needs to be a distinction between panhandlers and the homeless. Not all panhandlers are homeless, and some panhandlers are professional panhandlers. For those panhandlers who are homeless, the mayor gave them an opportunity to get the help they need, and they don’t have to stand on a corner asking for money.”
During a previous mayoral administration, Berry said, the city had a much more restrictive city ordinance that prohibited nearly all panhandling in public places. That ordinance, however, was challenged in state District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union.
In that 2004 lawsuit, explained Albuquerque City Attorney Jessica Hernandez, the ACLU claimed that the city’s panhandling ordinance “violated freedom of speech and due process rights. The court granted a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of the ordinance.”
The city and the ACLU subsequently reached an agreement on changes to the law, she said.
Berry suggested that the modified and less restrictive ordinance, in part, has contributed to the proliferation of panhandling over the years.
In fact, the city’s ordinance is less restrictive than other nearby cities, including Denver, Tucson and El Paso.
Albuquerque’s current ordinance defines and prohibits “aggressive panhandling” and panhandling from sundown to sunrise in the Downtown “Arts and Entertainment District” and in the Nob Hill District, Hernandez said.
Other limitations include the prohibition of panhandling at designated bus and public transportation stops, as well as in public transportation vehicles, public transportation facilities and within 15 feet outside these facilities; in off-street public parking lots or public parking structures; outside sidewalk cafes; outside of banks or within 15 feet of automated teller machines; and on private or residential property without permission from the owner or occupant.
Neither are panhandlers allowed to interrupt the flow of vehicular traffic by entering into streets or intersections, though they are not prohibited from panhandling from curbs and medians as long as they do not obstruct the operation of vehicles, Hernandez said.
Other city approaches
The Journal checked with several nearby cities and found that all of them specifically ban aggressive panhandling. But there were significant differences beyond that.
In New Mexico, Santa Fe’s ordinances are very similar to Albuquerque’s, while Las Cruces’ ordinances are far more restrictive. Las Cruces prohibits panhandling in streets, intersections, medians and any public property in the city limits, said Udell Vigil, communications director for the city of Las Cruces.
In El Paso, panhandlers are not allowed to step out onto the roadway or solicit from medians, said Sgt. Chris Mears of the El Paso Police Department.
The city of Tucson, Ariz., does not allow soliciting of any kind from medians or street corners, said city spokesman Lane Mandle.
Denver prohibits panhandling in medians or on highway entrance or exit ramps, said Bennie Milliner, executive director of Denver’s Road Home, a city agency responsible for implementing the city’s 10-year plan on homelessness.
Panhandlers can still work street corners as long as they don’t step into the roadway, and they can panhandle on sidewalks, something that has become an annoyance to merchants and office workers in the city’s central business district, he said.
“We’re also seeing more panhandling in the suburbs because we’re seeing more poverty in the county,” Milliner said. “It’s not just an urban thing.”
Agency support
Berry’s initiative generally has the support of local agencies and organizations that provide services to the homeless and poor, many of which receive funding from United Way or the city.
Danny Whatley, pastor and director of The Rock at Noon Day, said he applauds the mayor’s approach and is “of the opinion that you don’t give homeless people anything that they can barter, especially money.”
People who give money to panhandlers “usually do it out of guilt,” he said. A better alternative is to give them a “goodie bag,” containing things like snacks and bottled water.
Dennis Plummer, chief executive officer of Heading Home, a nonprofit that finds homes for the most medically vulnerable and chronically homeless, said he would not try to dissuade anyone from giving money to panhandlers; “however, I do know that when we combine our resources, we can have the greatest impact for social change.”
Pastor Hill of the Albuquerque Rescue Mission points out that national studies have found only a small percentage of people who panhandle are homeless.
One such study, published by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, said that “Contrary to common belief, panhandlers and homeless people are not necessarily one and the same,” and among homeless people, “only a small percentage of them panhandle, and only a small percentage of panhandlers are homeless.”
The report further concluded that panhandlers are “not interested in regular employment, particularly not minimum-wage labor, which many believe would scarcely be more profitable than panhandling.”
Not all onboard
One person not convinced the mayor’s initiative is better is Jeremy Reynalds, founder and chief executive officer of Joy Junction, the state’s largest homeless shelter. Unlike most other homeless shelters and programs, Joy Junction does not receive government or United Way funds.
“It is a bumper-sticker simplistic answer to a complex problem, and it doesn’t address the problems faced by hungry panhandlers on the street,” Reynolds said. “Some of them may have post-traumatic stress, some may be sex offenders or have mental health issues, some may have addictions or warrants, and others simply may not be able to fit into the structured rules imposed at meal sites or shelters.”
Hinder their ability to collect money from people, he said, and you impede their capacity to feed themselves.
Further, he maintained, the people answering the 311 information line are not familiar enough with the organizations that assist the homeless and poor. He also pointed out that the 311 line is not answered after 9 p.m., or 6 p.m. on Sundays.
As an experiment, Reynalds said he had several Joy Junction employees call the 311 line and give different fabricated stories about their situations. The 311 operators were well-intentioned, he said, but referred them to organizations that were inappropriate based on their stories.
“We always appreciate the work done by Mr. Reynalds and Joy Junction, and I have personally supported their work in the past,” Berry said in response. “Unfortunately, Mr. Reynalds has a track record of quickly discounting our initiatives to help the homeless in our community – including his sharp criticism of Heading Home when we started in 2011.”
That program has since placed more than 481 of those most in need in housing, according to the city.
The $5 that a motorist hands to a panhandler, Berry said, “will feed 20 people” if instead donated to a nonprofit that feeds the hungry.
“The status quo just isn’t good enough anymore, and I want to facilitate a better way, but we can’t tackle such a complex and sensitive issue without our entire community joining the effort,” Berry said.
Early signs
It’s too early to tell whether the mayor’s initiative will curb panhandling – and panhandlers themselves are getting mixed results.
“A lot of drivers point and tell me, ‘Look at the sign,’ ” said 25-year-old Linda Woods, who was standing near a 311 sign along the eastbound Interstate 40 exit ramp at Louisiana. She was holding her own placard that stated that she’s homeless and pregnant.
The amount of money she received from passing motorists after nearly two hours – almost $20 – was about the same amount she collected before the 311 signs were posted. Still, she said, “I don’t like the idea of it.”
Ernest Rosales was at the I-25 northbound frontage road at Jefferson, a 311 city sign towering above him as he held his own placard asking for help. He is nearly 67 and said he has cancer.
“I’ve been here since 9 a.m., about five hours, and have maybe $8 or $9 in my pocket,” Rosales said. “Before these signs went up, if I was out here for five or six hours, I’d have $30 to $40, enough to get a (motel) room for the night,” which he prefers to the shelters.
“These signs are not meant for me. I called 311 and they told me to go to the Albuquerque Rescue Mission. I already know about the Mission; I didn’t need them to tell me that. These signs are more for the drivers, to tell them not to give me money. To me, it feels punitive.”
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