The City Council on Tuesday night voted in favor of a bill that’s designed to crack down on panhandling.
The vote was 16-3. The “no” votes were from Joyce Morgan, Brenda Priestly Jackson and Reggie Gaffney Jr.
That is also a concern for a group that actually goes onto the streets to help many of those people, Changing Homelessness. The head of the organization, Dawn Gilman, said those asking for money have reasons, even though we may not agree with why they are doing it. “I always tell people that if you really want to help someone that’s homeless, you give to the organizations that are in place to help those folks,” Funkhouser said. “So we have five very large homeless provider organizations right in downtown. And just as an example, Sulzbacher, we’re open 365 days a year, we serve lunch and dinner to anybody that’s hungry, and are never closed.
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