Posted on 07/09/2009 4:36:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono
DETROIT, July 9 (UPI) -- A well-dressed Detroit panhandler says his silk suits and London Fog trench coat , all obtained for free from a Catholic church, help him make money.
Kirby Jack Green, 58, told The Detroit News he has been able to collect enough, an average of $150 a week, to pay for a small apartment to stow his wardrobe. He works the sidewalks around city hall, waiting for drivers or pedestrians to ask for directions, and then adds a request for bus fare to his response.
Green keeps his wardrobe in good shape, using an ironing board and iron obtained from the church as well as duct tape and safety pins. He shaves carefully every morning using a donated razor.
"What's the old saying? Oh, yeah, one man's garbage is another man's, uh, clothes, I guess," he told the News.
Green said his uncle used to panhandle on Woodward Avenue, using dark glasses and a cane to convince passers by he was blind, which he was not.
"I'm a criminal," Green said. "I'm a panhandler and I lie. I don't need money for the bus and I think that God must be ashamed of me."
I think I’ve run into him outside Comerica park a few times.
I just told her that I didn't carry cash. I was a little dumbfounded. I had never come across a panhandler that looked like she did. Is the west coast different in this respect? :-)
They have tax free income.
If I saw something like that, I’d appreciate the sense of humor, laugh and give him a buck.
Meanwhile this homeless Iraq vet severely injures one son in a tragic accident and the state takes the other child.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/Injured_son_girl_taken_from_campers
That just breaks my heart...
So sad, I hope all goes well for the family. Prayers.
Apparently even the democrat underground is calling on our reps to get some help for the guy.
Pete Hoekstra is the congressman for that area. I’m looking up his email right now.
Yup. I’d have to do the same.
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