This is FU

They do it because there’s great money in it. These two guys working between the Target/Lowe’s/Shoppers World plaza are working right now, working the good people of Framingham. Maybe because they don’t look too destitute, because they aren’t scary, because their signs have a sad message, people are more apt to roll down their windows to give.

If you were there to see them arrive – you would be shocked. The stories told in the last city council meeting – aren’t fables. Yes, we have do have some destitute, drug using, persons at various levels of homelessness in our city with their hands out for change. We also have those who are USING the good people of Framingham to score a tax free, nearly six figure salary, without having to work. Lester Baker in the most recent City Council meeting discussed how many of our panhandlers come up from areas like Fall River, where panhandling is not allowed, and they come up in organized groups, some taking in $300+ a day.

If you are in the area of Shoppers World – like right now – Tuesday May 3rd, 2022 – you will see these two people, holding signs, asking for help… claiming homelessness, hard times, and asking for sympathy.

What you don’t know is that these two arrived in a decked-out black late model pickup truck, perhaps a Chevy, and parked near the middle of the lot, in the ares of HomeGoods.

Outside of the truck, in the open they started creating their signs for the day. When their signs were adequately heartbreaking, they walked over to the median to begin their day, mid-day.

These are the organized panhandlers that use the goodwill of the Framingham public to earn a days work (or more) without having to work. These aren’t addicted panhandlers who are just trying to get their next fix, for them, their true high is your money and lots of it.

Take a good look at these two individuals. We have enhanced the images using AI rendering. If one of them comes to your call – feel free to call them out. Today, their jig is up.