McLean going downhill

[Anonymous]

Just drove on old dominion dr through central McLean. There’s a guy walking in the middle of the lanes asking for money. Has McLean been reduced to panhandlers like dc? Can they at least stay on the curb so they don’t cause an accident?

[Anonymous]

That guy has been there for years - see him on my daily commute.

Also witnessed FC police responding to a complaint about him walking into traffic at that light.

See also: Nutley Street and City of Fairfax Scout on the Circle - every median. Every corner.

[Anonymous]

Panhandlers go where the money is.

Just like people rob banks because that’s where the money is.

[Anonymous]

You saw one panhandler and you're clutching your pearls. Maybe you need to get out of your bubble more OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That guy has been there for years - see him on my daily commute.

Also witnessed FC police responding to a complaint about him walking into traffic at that light.

See also: Nutley Street and City of Fairfax Scout on the Circle - every median. Every corner.

I know about the one by j Gilbert’s intersection. There’s a new one by the gas station. Maybe there’s so many I haven’t noticed..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just drove on old dominion dr through central McLean. There’s a guy walking in the middle of the lanes asking for money. Has McLean been reduced to panhandlers like dc? Can they at least stay on the curb so they don’t cause an accident?

When asked why he turned to a life of robbing banks, Willie Sutton supposedly replied “Because that's where the money is”.

McLean is where the money is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You saw one panhandler and you're clutching your pearls. Maybe you need to get out of your bubble more OP.

I’m a guy so no pearls here. I just don’t want to run him over while he stumbles across lanes. I never carry cash anyway. I thought 22101 and my 25k in property taxes gets me a bubble but I guess not.

[Anonymous]

McLean is too liberal to do anything

[Anonymous]

what a stupid post....

[Anonymous]

Hey OP, do you get out much? Panhandlers go where the $$ is AND where they are not going to get robbed, assaulted, murdered.... Relax buddy..your mclean not becoming a slum anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

The S & P is down several percent in recent weeks. Give the guy a break, his portfolio is probably underperforming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean is too liberal to do anything

ha ha ha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You saw one panhandler and you're clutching your pearls. Maybe you need to get out of your bubble more OP.

I’m a guy so no pearls here. I just don’t want to run him over while he stumbles across lanes. I never carry cash anyway. I thought 22101 and my 25k in property taxes gets me a bubble but I guess not.

Yes, with people like you living there now, McLean has gone downhill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You saw one panhandler and you're clutching your pearls. Maybe you need to get out of your bubble more OP.

I’m a guy so no pearls here. I just don’t want to run him over while he stumbles across lanes. I never carry cash anyway. I thought 22101 and my 25k in property taxes gets me a bubble but I guess not.

Sometimes you have to deal with the poors OP. They don't always care about your property tax rate.

[Anonymous]

The County Board of Supervisors and County Attorney are to blame for this situation throughout the County, not just in McLean. They decline to allow signage at intersections discouraging motorists from supporting the beggars, and the County prosecutor won't pursue charges against them. As long as people yield to their importuning and there are no adverse consequences, it will continue. In many cases, it's an organized business, with credible and frequent reports of beggars being systematically dropped off and picked up later at key locations, and of individual beggars parking late model expensive cars nearby before they walk to "work" each day.