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Old 07-29-2006, 11:09 AM   #14
Kitsune
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Tampa, FL
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Originally Posted by MaggieL
Is the concept of "creating a nuisance" that foreign to you?
Not in the least. Is there not already a law that prohibits "creating a nuisance" or "loitering" or "trespassing" or whatever problems people think are being created? What, exactly, do city officials think such a specific law is going to stop?

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Las Vegas Makes It Illegal to Feed Homeless in Parks
Gail Succo is simply going to go across the street and pass out sandwiches on the sidewalk. Will they then make it illegal to feed the homeless (and only the homeless, of course) on public property or in Las Vegas proper? How can you write a law like that? You can't distribute free things to people? You can only give out food to people that have a permanent address?

City officials and law makers need to stick to writing laws that actually prohibit crime. The problem of homeless people sleeping in the park is a bigger issue than someone handing out food and it isn't going to be remedied by banning the distribution of food in a public area to a specific class of people.
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