Thursday, October 20, 2005
Calgary's News & Entertainment Weekly
FFWD Weekly
LETTER
by FFWD READER
Anti-panhandling ads shouldn’t have run
Re: "Provocative campaign targets panhandling," by Amy Steele, News, October 6-12, 2005.

Isn't it interesting how the Calgary Downtown Association’s addiction studies and figures target the street people? Where are the figures on how many of the middle and rich classes are crackheads or alcoholics and suffering mental illnesses?

Is there a difference between some person such as Ken Johnson panhandling on the street corner for his survival and, say, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra panhandling in the city treasury office for its "survival"?

Tim Hammell,
Calgary

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