Here’s Tony’s “Standing While Homeless” (aka SWH) ticket from last week. I had said it was for $96; it’s actually for $65.
Philip
Archive for April, 2008
Showing his wound
April 29, 2008Stirred
April 25, 2008Working the system
April 23, 2008TONY
“A cop gave me a ticket yesterday.”
PHILIP
“For what? For being homeless?”
TONY
“Almost. I was standing at the top of the street and this cruiser stopped and the cop gave me a ticket. She said I was panhandling near a bank machine which was an offence. So I asked if I could at least get a warning first, since I didn’t know about the law but he officer didn’t budge at all.
“So today a friend tells me that CFRB radio said that a lot of street people had been ticketed recently for all sorts of things. The guy on the radio said that it costs way more to lock folks up than the city will ever collect in fines. No kidding! I mean, where am I going to find the ninety-six bucks anyway?”
Needless to say
April 19, 2008Sprung
April 15, 2008A model homeless man
April 13, 2008Tony was the subject of a professional photo shoot over the weekend, by a widely-admired photographer, Jim Allen. Look for Jim’s photos of Tony in the next issue of Irked Magazine.
Philip
Du moolah rouge
April 5, 2008PHILIP
“Would you like an afternoon coffee?”
TONY
“How about instead you get me a can of pasta sauce with some meat in it? I’m trying to get some pasta organized for dinner tonight.”