seems council has an agenda to keep ’em here & visible says little birdies, let’s move ’em to the doors of the Sedona resorts where the tourists can fill their pockets or Chamber offices & uptown where they can get more money than where they are

He then tossed his sign and knapsack in through the window and went into Safeway and came out with a Starbucks. One of the guys opened the truck door and in he went. I laughed when he opened a case on the dashboard and put on reading glasses and picked up a newspaper. Panhandling pays.

Have the cops fingerprinted these organized crime thugs? A man was murdered at a campsite near Sedona by transients within the past 30 days. Another group of transients took up housekeeping in a home used by its owners several times a year. Surely the police are taking the time to prevent more crime and investigate the other?

What you should find disturbing is this untaxed and unscrupulous business. All but one had great dental work (it’s my deal so I know), two had more expensive boots than I buy and they weren’t hand me downs, all wore the same camo outfit so who’s outfitted them – down to their custom manufactured handmade signs that are exact replicas of those in Flagstaff, Prescott, Phoenix and nevermind you get it. Sedona two were panhandling in front of stores offering jobs and since all but one were healthy and physically able, they had decided Sedonans were stupid enough to go to work and earn money for them instead of doing it themselves.

They’re right. Do not give money to these people. They’re crooks, petty crooks but they’re crooks. Don’t aid and abet them. If you want to help someone in real need, contact an organization or charity in town and offer your time and money.

You’re providing money for drugs, alcohol and criminal behavior. To you liking that woman panhandling, the one shaking her boobs and booty at you, you ought to worry that someone will recognize you and tell your wives and partners. Don’t be a john. It’s illegal. And I’d worry about a disease she carries. Just saying…

To our police, move them on. To council, pass an ordinance to let the police move them on. Call it a Jobs Incentive Ordinance or Anti Crime Ordinance.

Diamond Resorts had a hand in the demise of the lights festival. Lets give credit where credit is due.

Beggars:

Speaking of beggars, has anyone noticed that the beggars working outside of the grocery stores change daily? I saw one beggar with a very sophisticated expensive camera photographing another at Basha’s the other day, is there such a thing as a non tax paying beggers co op, ya know, put in a couple shifts and split the take?

It was always my experience in the bigger cities that once a spot was found, no other person would dare try to take that spot, so what gives?????

Are they registered with the chamber? Are they coming in on the Verde Lynx? They definitely did not lose their home in Sedona………

Big business, seems to be getting worse and who is monitoring this from the city?