Jen Weld

The attitude of the individual who wrote this op-Ed is the problem.

I encounter panhandlers on a daily basis commuting to work or anywhere else in Bend for that matter. They may not be on Bond or Wall St, but there are plenty.

And if you ask them where they are from it is NEVER from Central Oregon, whether or not they have a background story of how they became homeless...its not like people are born homeless here.