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Whoever’s homeless and hungry in Vegas stays homeless and hungry in Vegas
Wow. Las Vegas’ local city council has banned all charities from giving free food to the homeless. While individual folks (“Good Samaritans”) can still give handouts, the ban prevents “mobile soup kitchens” from taking any organized efforts to make sure the homeless are fed. Any violators of this ban risk being hit with fines of up to $1,000 and six months in jail.
The apparent impetus behind this ban is that local residents were getting pissed off at these mobile soup kitchens because they would setup in parks, and when all the homeless would gather around for handouts, the residents weren’t able to enjoy their precious parks. Of course, the council is now spinning this as being intended to encourage the homeless to go to centers, which is much better for them. The reality which the council ignores is that many of them won’t go to these centers - that’s the whole reason these mobile soup kitchens pop up in the first place.
Las Vegas - getting close, one step at a time, to being truly deserving of the “sin city” moniker.
Comments
The road to hell is wide, and whoever came up with this desision is on his way!!!
Posted by flo | August 9, 2006 1:40 PM