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Originally Posted by Kitsune
Let's think about this comparison for a moment.
Speeding/drunk driving laws: based on legally binding contracts that apply to everyone that signed them (the little card in your wallet) ...
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An appealing theory, but bogus. The traffic laws apply to you operating a motor vehicle even if you are not licenced. They're laws, not the considerations of a covenant.
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Originally Posted by Kitsune
Don't feed the homeless in the park law: attempts to prevent already illegal activities that are based on the decision of a person that are somehow related to the completely benign actions... pointless band-aid laws that single out select races/classes/ages/genders of people and perfectly harmless actions --
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You're begging the question again. The law creates the presumption that the actions are
not benign. Obviously the people living near the park don't think it's "benign" and "harmless" to run a seven days a week mobile food kitchen in their park.
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...they said it would be enforced against people like Ms. Sacco, whose regular offerings, they said, have lured the homeless to parks and have led to complaints by residents about crime, public drunkenness and litter.
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Apparently folks in Orlando feel the same way about it.
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About a dozen downtown residents and business owners spoke in favor of the rule. Eric Kerlin said people have used his yard and bushes as a bathroom and damaged his property. More urgently, "I'd like to use the park without fear of being harassed or robbed."...[O]pponents included well-known homeless charity groups, such as The Ripple Effect, and lesser-known ones, such as Tailgating for Jesus and the First Vagabond Church of God.
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I wonder how far from the park Ms. Sacco lives? Available evidence suggests that she actually lives in Reno. Certainly far enough not to be bothered by any nuisance she creates in the neighborhood of the park; for her that's just a political stage.
The NYT article also mentions "Food Not Bombs" with the implication that they're a separate group; it would appear that that's not the case since Sacco and her brother run the Southern Nevada FNB chapter. Her brother apparently at least lives within 20-30 miles of the park in question....still a comfortable distance away.