City considers crackdown on panhandling Baltimore has another fit of panhandler anxiety For years, I had the mantra: “Most panhandlers aren’t homeless, and most homeless people don’t panhandle.” Now I have many acquaintances who do one or the other. Given recent instability in my support system, I myself may soon become one who does both. My experience is much informed by what I’ve seen at the McDonald’s I frequent at Baltimore and Light Streets, where some people seem to pan