Sidewalks are for walking not sprawling and passing out on.  I am not entitled, but neither are the travellers.  

Downtown is a mix of public and private property in which businesses are legitimately trying to conduct business.  The businesses are entitled to expect entry ways that are not blocked by belligerent, intimidating individuals doing nothing but deterring potential customers from entering the businesses. 

I've been here since the 60s, before downtown became a mall, before VRC, and remember what shopping was like, it was fun.  When the downtown became an all-weather mall, my family still shopped downtown because it was fun.  We shopped at VRC, too, but downtown was our first choice.  When Sears, the Bon Marche,  and Kaufman's left the Mall, we were saddened because we knew the mall was going to die as a retail area.

Fast forward 26 years, we now have an economic rebirth downtown, should the travellers be allowed to stop that?  

It's not about entitlement.