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Originally posted by jude11
Eat, sleep or just stand around in public...illegal. Especially if you look like you're homeless.
Originally posted by captbill279
reply to post by jacobe001
But they do make some might fine negroes though.
Get on back to work now.
Ecclesiastes 8
[4] Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Sarasota, which recently imposed a no-camping ban, is the meanest city in the nation toward the homeless, according to a national advocacy organization.
Sarasota bans sleeping outside overnight without permission on public or private property. A judge recently upheld the ordinance passed by city commissioners in August after two similar no-camping rules were declared unconstitutional.
Originally posted by Nyiah
This does not surprise me. Florida is pretty nasty to the homeless as it is. Sarasota (south of Tampa Bay) has been widely regarded as the meanest city in the state towards the homeless for a long time. I remember the uproar they had over ripping out benches downtown, to "deter the homeless from sleeping on them". No one agreed with it because there wasn't much of a "homeless sleepers" problem there to begin with.
Here's an old article from '06 touching on the city being the meanest:
Sarasota, Fla. named meanest city for homeless
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Sarasota, which recently imposed a no-camping ban, is the meanest city in the nation toward the homeless, according to a national advocacy organization.
Sarasota bans sleeping outside overnight without permission on public or private property. A judge recently upheld the ordinance passed by city commissioners in August after two similar no-camping rules were declared unconstitutional.
Which basically means so much as a snooze in the sun is an arrestable offense there.
It's about not wanting anyone around that doesn't fit someone's perception of how others should live.
Originally posted by itsallgonenow
Why not its a crime elsewhere, maybe we should stop making ordinances that fine people for feeding the homeless. WTF is that!