The sweet woman (former teacher, now disabled) selling the street sheet most days in front of Walgreen’s on 15th said she was mugged last week at 14th and Olive, on a warm weekday evening, getting beat up a bit and losing $85. She doesn’t seem to b.s. about anything, so I trust her. She went to the cops and her caseworker, so the city came and cleared out a brushy area where she was assaulted. My point? Maybe it’s time to slip her a fiver, or at least tell her you read this so she knows people look out for her. (I’m sorry I don’t remember her name, but there was an article about her in the paper she sells and her daughter once told me about her mom’s 20-plus years as a public school teacher before she developed severe medical problems.)