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Once upon a time, police would put the rounded-up panhandlers in a box car and send them to another city; temporarily, at least, they'd be gone, until that city's police did the same. Many would get tired of this and find work rather than continue to endure "railroad therapy".

As long as beggars are allowed, and enabled, to pester people going about their daily business, Providence business owners will continue to lose business as people avoid the city- I'm all for registration fees and taxation on them to make up for the lost revenue due to Elorza's stupidity and disregard for productive people.

All too many shelters, soup kitchens, advocacy groups, etc. are used as a handout rather than a "hand up"- as long as panhandlers don't want to better their situations and the freebies are there, most won't; many are beyond help and are among the "walking dead".