ABC News: U.S.: Atlanta Approves Panhandling Ordinance

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Atlanta Approves Panhandling Ordinance Oct 2nd 2012, 11:36 Atlanta's city council has approved a new ordinance aimed at cracking down on aggressive panhandling. The council's unanimous vote Monday night comes after Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed vetoed an earlier measure. CBS Atlanta reports (http://bit.ly/ShOazT) that the ordinance approved Monday is a compromise between the mayor and Councilman Michael Julian Bond. Under the new ordinance, panhandlers would be forbidden from soliciting people for money within 15 feet of a building entrance or exit and repeatedly harassing a person after being rejected. Anyone caught aggressively panhandling would go to jail for 30 days after the second offense; and 90 days after the third conviction. ——— Information from: WGCL-TV, http://www.cbsatlanta.com/index.html

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