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merit, according to Scarpelli.
“Most of them (transients)
aren't allowed in the store for
various reasons, so consequent
ly they don't bother to come
around here as often as they us
ed to,” Scarpelli said. The ones
that do "watch their p's and q's.
because they want the privilege
of coming in here." he said.
As for the University
Bookstore, transients are a
minor annoyance — an "in
convenience," according to Bob
Spencer, the bookstore's mer
chandising manager
"We spend a lot of time and
effort on keeping a high-profile
professional image for the store
and having the transients
urinate on the benches outside
certainly doesn’t help any."
Spencer said
Other store owners haven't
seen any change in the intensity
of the problem. The transients
scare away customers, engage
in annoying panhandling, and
intimidate employees. The tran
sient problem is not moving on.
in fact, it's growing roots in the
lucrative business district
"It is unquestionably more
severe now than it’s ever been,
there is no comparison, the pre
sent and the past have little in
common in that respect.” said
Bob Lee, who owns Face the
Music on Hast 13th Avenue
In the five years he has
operated his business. Lee said
the transient situation has never
been worse. Disorderly,
''belligerent’' transients must
be forcibly removed from the
store at least once a week, accor
ding to Lee.
However, there are transients,
and then there are transients.
Lee stressed that many tran
sients mind thier own business
and do not get out of control.
"They have a right to be here
in the world," Lee said. "I
don't think they have a right to
harass anyone, it's one thing to
ask somebody for change, it's
another thing to follow them
down the street and threaten
them."
The owner of Rainbow Op
tical, Richard Greene. considers
the problem much less worse
than in years past, hut would
like to see the police establish a
walking beat in the Fast 13th
Avenue area to further
discourage panhandling. The
transients drive away
customers, even though he
perceives their numbers have
diminished People feel uncom
fortable in the area knowing
they will get panhandled, or see
"somebody irrationally scream
ing obscenities, waving around
a whisky bottle or whatever."
Greene said
A police officer walking the
beat on 13th Avenue would I>e a
"neat idea." Hansen said, but
the understaffed EPD cannot af
ford to have an officer on foot
patrol.
Some store owners want an
"anti-panhandling" ordinance
directed at the more aggressive
transients. Portland has already
put such a law into effect.
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