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      <title>Comments On: Can shake or shakedown?
    
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    <author><![CDATA[D bloc]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Fuck a car, fuck a lifestyle built around a car, fuck an infrastructure built around lifestyles built around cars, and the noun is 'discommodity.'
        
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    <author><![CDATA[swampwoman]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Well you're one of the lucky ones D bloc - get a car and join us in our "discommodedness" and you'll see
        
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      <![CDATA[Bitch, bitch, bitch. "Oh, the people without money are discomfiting me as I sit in my air-conditioned car!"
        
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      <![CDATA[Aside from the code and the safety concerns, I've always wondered who these folks are really collecting money for. Anyone can slap a sticker on the side of a can, get some friends and take over an intersection in the name of People for Sunlight and shake down motorists.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[swampwoman]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Alright then - there is a non-stop parade of can shakers at Elysian Fields and the I-610 exit that need to be stopped, since it is against the law according to Municipal Code Sec. 54-411.
        
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      <![CDATA[Can-shaking has been illegal since 1999 under Section 54-411 of the New Orleans Municipal Code: Sec.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alex]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Ugh. When I taught and talked about homelessness, the pattern was sadly predictable.
        
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      <![CDATA[Can shakers are a nuisance, not to mention a safety hazard with kids and teens darting in and out of traffic to collect their change. They should have to schlep down to City Hall just like everyone else and obtain a permit, which should be prominently displayed while begging.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BonerChamp]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Scam artists, all of them. Produce something worthwhile for a fundraiser and charities will prosper.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[jeffrey]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Is that letter edited? Shouldn't it have also included the phrases, "Get a job" and "Get off my lawn" somewhere?
        
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