Las Vegas bans feeding of homeless people in parks...

[marmar]

The city of Las Vegas ordinance that makes it illegal to feed the homeless in city parks took effect Friday, July 28.

Opponents say it is unconstitutional and are planning to challenge it in court.

The issue is getting some national attention.

The New York Times ran an article Friday highlighting Las Vegas as one of several U-S cities with similar laws.

Las Vegas city leaders say they want to get homeless out of parks and into services.

Eyewitness News contacted the city marshal's office, which enforces the ordinance. We were told no one from that office was available to talk to us.

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5213062&nav=168Y


:cry:
What the hell is happening to this country? These are people, not ducks or deer.
:grr:

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

1. Mighty

Cristian of them.

[Benhurst]

2. Can you still feed the birds and squirrels?

[marmar]

6. Not if they don't have nests or tree trunks!

:hide:

[Benhurst]

7. ...

:rofl:

[proud patriot]

3. WTF?

that's one messed up up law x(

[Mojambo]

4. Okay, that's cruel and all

But that headline is kinda hilarious.

[Monkeyman]

5. Some of those homeless are veterans

39% of all the homeless are veterans. Now we are finding vets from our current war zones homeless. Its a crying shame

[Mnemosyne]

8. It's becoming popular. Orlando, Jul 25, 2006

Orlando Bans Feeding Homeless

ORLANDO, Fla. Jul 25, 2006 (AP)— City officials have banned charitable groups from feeding homeless people in parks downtown, arguing that transients who gather for weekly meals create safety and sanitary problems for businesses.

more at link:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2234045&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[knowbody0]

9. michael medved argued with an opponent to this law today

who asked him if people having picnics in the park would now have to prove they were not homeless. i enjoyed the dialog

[bluerum]

10. Messed up shit - this is really messed up shit.

[and-justice-for-all]

11. Dont just stop with no longer feeding them....

Come up with a real solution so they dont stave to death on the streets...

1 think it would be best to strip all the congragations, of this country and probably the world, of all their assest in order to help with making monumetal changes in our society. They do actually owe it to us for all the damage their cult has caused since its inception.

[MGD]

12. I wish I lived in Vegas so I could repeatedly break that law.

[acmavm]

13. The horrible pettiness and greed and meanness are everywhere. Here

in Omaha people have their shit in an uproar because the homeless are pitching tents along the Missouri River. The city had a big Riverfront Development Project going along the banks of the Missouri and new mega-buildings like the Gallup Headquarters are up-river. So now everyone is just pissing their pants because one of the sites you see as boaters go up the Missouri are the tent 'cities' of the homeless, which detracts from the aesthetics of the new corporate facade.

[raccoon]

14. Those tent cities should be called "Bushvilles."

As in a previous decade, similar settlements were called "Hoovervilles."