NFT: Vegas - Feed The Homeless. Go To Jail.

4th and Long · 07-20-2006, 07:59 PM

Discuss.

Vegas Makes It A Crime To Feed Homeless People

LAS VEGAS -- A battle is brewing over a new Las Vegas ordinance that bans providing food or meals to the indigent at city parks.

The Las Vegas City Council has unanimously passed a law making it a crime to feed the homeless at city parks.

The law bans giving away or selling food to anyone who could get assistance from official sources under state law, and officials said city marshals will get specialized training to enforce it.

The city’s mayor, Oscar Goodman, dismissed questions about how marshals will identify the homeless so that they can enforce the ordinance.

"Certain truths are self-evident," Goodman said. "You know who's homeless."

Marshals recently began arresting the homeless in parks under a campaign to force people who are unable or unwilling to care for themselves to get mental help.

City officials call the measure an attempt to stop so-called "mobile soup kitchens" from attracting the homeless to parks.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada calls it unconstitutional, unenforceable and the latest attempt by the city to hide and harass the homeless instead of constructively addressing their plight.

"So the only people who get to eat are those who have enough money? Those who get (government) assistance can't eat at your picnic?" asked ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I've heard of some rather strange and extreme measures from other cities. I've never heard of something like this. It's mind-boggling."

One advocate for the homeless said she will continue to feed the homeless, despite being cited twice already.

"I'm going to do whatever I think is necessary to keep people alive," Gail Sacco told the paper.

She said her previous citations came while she was feeding the homeless for holding a gathering of 25 or more people without a permit.

hypersensitiveZO6 · 07-20-2006, 08:06 PM

Man Freezes Mom...

This is pretty creepy,wrong, disturbing, IMO

MADISON, Wis. - A man convicted of keeping his dead mother in a freezer for years so he could keep collecting her Social Security checks avoided federal prison during his sentencing Wednesday.

A judge ordered Philip Schuth, 53, to serve four months simultaneously with the state prison sentence he is already serving and to repay about $35,000 he stole from the federal government.

Schuth pleaded guilty in April to a federal count of misusing a Social Security number

beavis · 07-20-2006, 08:12 PM

They ought to do something about it. The homeless walking up and down the strip freak me out.

Lonewolf Ed · 07-20-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by beavis

They ought to do something about it. The homeless walking up and down the strip freak me out.

And if people keep feeding them in the park, more will gather there and one could have rabies, and the next thing you know, total chaos and panic in the streets.

CHENZ A! · 07-20-2006, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

And if people keep feeding them in the park, more will gather there and one could have rabies, and the next thing you know, total chaos and panic in the streets.

Agreed, if people keep feeding them, they could become dependent on humans, and if they are ever released back into the wild, they wouldn't know how to survive.

**Rausch** · 07-20-2006, 10:52 PM

AT CITY PARKS.

The nerve of them trying to keep drug addicts away from children...

Spicy McHaggis · 07-20-2006, 10:53 PM

I find it shocking that Las Vegas, the mecca of class and cleanliness, has homeless people.

Thig Lyfe · 07-20-2006, 10:59 PM

Finally. Homeless people have been getting a free ride for too long.

Demonpenz · 07-20-2006, 11:14 PM

you don't know what it's like to sing the blues, you don't know what it's like to really loose

chagrin · 07-21-2006, 10:32 AM

I'm torn on this issue, but I know one thing, I doubt that ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein, feeds any homeless and I am positive he does not allow them in his yard, in his neghborhood or at his picnics either.

Fish · 07-21-2006, 12:59 PM

Antifreeze soup?

Adept Havelock · 07-21-2006, 03:34 PM

Standing in line marking time-
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "get a job"

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

ChiefaRoo · 07-21-2006, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adept Havelock

Standing in line marking time-
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "get a job"

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

People make their own reality and these people need to make a better one for themselves. It would help though if they could get a nice sammich somewhere first.

Earthling · 07-21-2006, 07:52 PM

If I want to give my Gawl dern sandwich away I will and I don't give a rats azz if it is to a homeless person. If they want to make a damn law then get it right; arrest the homeless person that takes the food, not the good samaritan that gives to the needy. Jesus needs to get his azz down there and straighten them boys out..!!

Ultra Peanut · 07-21-2006, 08:14 PM

Oh, Vegas. You card!

07-20-2006, 07:59 PM
4th and Long Wheeeeee!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In a house Casino cash: $9304925	NFT: Vegas - Feed The Homeless. Go To Jail. Discuss. Vegas Makes It A Crime To Feed Homeless People LAS VEGAS -- A battle is brewing over a new Las Vegas ordinance that bans providing food or meals to the indigent at city parks. The Las Vegas City Council has unanimously passed a law making it a crime to feed the homeless at city parks. The law bans giving away or selling food to anyone who could get assistance from official sources under state law, and officials said city marshals will get specialized training to enforce it. The city’s mayor, Oscar Goodman, dismissed questions about how marshals will identify the homeless so that they can enforce the ordinance. "Certain truths are self-evident," Goodman said. "You know who's homeless." Marshals recently began arresting the homeless in parks under a campaign to force people who are unable or unwilling to care for themselves to get mental help. City officials call the measure an attempt to stop so-called "mobile soup kitchens" from attracting the homeless to parks. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada calls it unconstitutional, unenforceable and the latest attempt by the city to hide and harass the homeless instead of constructively addressing their plight. "So the only people who get to eat are those who have enough money? Those who get (government) assistance can't eat at your picnic?" asked ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I've heard of some rather strange and extreme measures from other cities. I've never heard of something like this. It's mind-boggling." One advocate for the homeless said she will continue to feed the homeless, despite being cited twice already. "I'm going to do whatever I think is necessary to keep people alive," Gail Sacco told the paper. She said her previous citations came while she was feeding the homeless for holding a gathering of 25 or more people without a permit.
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07-20-2006, 08:06 PM	#2
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07-20-2006, 08:12 PM	#3
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07-20-2006, 10:59 PM	#8
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07-21-2006, 10:32 AM	#10
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9914905	I'm torn on this issue, but I know one thing, I doubt that ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein, feeds any homeless and I am positive he does not allow them in his yard, in his neghborhood or at his picnics either. __________________ Times have changed, so have I, things are better now.
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07-21-2006, 03:34 PM	#12
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07-21-2006, 07:52 PM	#14
Earthling MVP Join Date: Apr 2001 Casino cash: $10008447	If I want to give my Gawl dern sandwich away I will and I don't give a rats azz if it is to a homeless person. If they want to make a damn law then get it right; arrest the homeless person that takes the food, not the good samaritan that gives to the needy. Jesus needs to get his azz down there and straighten them boys out..!! __________________ AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO EASY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR ONLY FRIEND TALKS SEES LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE YOU AND YOU DO JUST THE SAME AS HIM -Jiimi Hendrix
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