Matter of tone, volume

In response to “The day the music stopped” (letter to the editor, Reporter, April 2), I’ve dropped coins in instrument cases in San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Seattle. My coins have gone into cups in New Orleans, Monterey, Victoria, B.C., and Tijuana, Mexico. I recently fed change to two little girls who haven’t had “that downtown experience.”

April 14, 2010 6:08 pm

In response to “The day the music stopped” (letter to the editor, Reporter, April 2), I’ve dropped coins in instrument cases in San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Seattle. My coins have gone into cups in New Orleans, Monterey, Victoria, B.C., and Tijuana, Mexico. I recently fed change to two little girls who haven’t had “that downtown experience.”

It’s called panhandling, and Auburn has made it illegal. Many folks get tired of being approached as they navigate sidewalks and parking lots in Auburn.

Our police officer may very well have liked the music, but police officers enforce laws and are not always free to enjoy the music.

Next time someone pulls up next to me on Auburn Way with a “rap” CD at ear-splitting volume, I’ll offer him a dollar to turn it down and wish we could enforce our noise ordinance.

– Virginia Haugen, Auburn City Councilmember