Police State: New Law Bans Feeding The Homeless Without Government Permission...

[JakeStarkey]

I misunderstood. Repeal it then.

 

[BlindBoo]

Charitable organizations and human rights activists in Houston hope to put an initiative on the November ballot that would reverse a controversial new ordinance which makes it a crime to feed the homeless, or otherwise give food away, without special permission.

On April 4 the Houston City Council passed the law, ruling that feeding the hungry requires the permission of property owners wherever it occurs — including the City of Houston, if the feeding happens on public property.

Council members passed the law by a a 11-6 vote; the regulations are set to take effect in July, according to Mayor Annise Parker’s office.

Amber Rodriguez, executive director of Noah’s Kitchen in Houston, told The Daily Caller that the new ordinance will shut her organization down if it is upheld. A single fine from the city, she said, could hurt the charity significantly.

The maximum penalty for violating the ordinance is a misdemeanor charge accompanied by a $500 fine. The original proposal, submitted by Mayor Parker, included fines as high as $2,000.

Rodriguez said a $500 fine would keep Noah’s Kitchen from providing roughly 750 meals to individuals who need them.

Initially, the mayor also wanted “all charitable food to be prepared in city-certified kitchens, at least one person from each feeding organization take a food safety class and that everyone who wants to feed the homeless register with the city,” according to the Houston Chronicle. Those requirements were eventually struck from the final version, and registration was made voluntary.


Read more: Houston Charities | Feeding The Homeless | Government Permission | The Daily Caller

Does it embarrass you to start a thread with a lie? No one has made it illegal to feed the homeless without permission. No one. No where. You are lying. You can go out on the street and invite a bum to your home for dinner any time, any place. You can invite them to McDonalds if you want. You can buy a hamburger to go and give it to them. You can even invite 20 bums into your home or into your church for dinner.

What the Houston city government did was make it illegal for me to invite bums over to your house for dinner and you seem to have a problem with that. Maybe you'd like for me to break that law and invite them over to your house for dinner. Maybe a sleepover, too.

I should have known to look for the spin-in-it. It's Libo-Pauli!!!!

"The property restriction does not apply to the feeding of five or fewer people."

"....intention of guaranteeing the safety of food served to the homeless and to channel charity to the places where it could do the most good."

"What this ordinance is trying to do is treat our homeless with dignity, to be able to be more efficient and to protect public property," Rodriguez said. "We're not saying you can't feed them, but let's just work together to help clean up the trash."

Drastically scaled-back homeless feeding ordinance OK'd - Houston Chronicle

 

[paulitician]

Charitable organizations and human rights activists in Houston hope to put an initiative on the November ballot that would reverse a controversial new ordinance which makes it a crime to feed the homeless, or otherwise give food away, without special permission.

On April 4 the Houston City Council passed the law, ruling that feeding the hungry requires the permission of property owners wherever it occurs — including the City of Houston, if the feeding happens on public property.

Council members passed the law by a a 11-6 vote; the regulations are set to take effect in July, according to Mayor Annise Parker’s office.

Amber Rodriguez, executive director of Noah’s Kitchen in Houston, told The Daily Caller that the new ordinance will shut her organization down if it is upheld. A single fine from the city, she said, could hurt the charity significantly.

The maximum penalty for violating the ordinance is a misdemeanor charge accompanied by a $500 fine. The original proposal, submitted by Mayor Parker, included fines as high as $2,000.

Rodriguez said a $500 fine would keep Noah’s Kitchen from providing roughly 750 meals to individuals who need them.

Initially, the mayor also wanted “all charitable food to be prepared in city-certified kitchens, at least one person from each feeding organization take a food safety class and that everyone who wants to feed the homeless register with the city,” according to the Houston Chronicle. Those requirements were eventually struck from the final version, and registration was made voluntary.


Read more: Houston Charities | Feeding The Homeless | Government Permission | The Daily Caller

Does it embarrass you to start a thread with a lie? No one has made it illegal to feed the homeless without permission. No one. No where. You are lying. You can go out on the street and invite a bum to your home for dinner any time, any place. You can invite them to McDonalds if you want. You can buy a hamburger to go and give it to them. You can even invite 20 bums into your home or into your church for dinner.

What the Houston city government did was make it illegal for me to invite bums over to your house for dinner and you seem to have a problem with that. Maybe you'd like for me to break that law and invite them over to your house for dinner. Maybe a sleepover, too.

Read. It might help ya.

 

[Avatar4321]

I heard about this. Messed up.

It should be the perfect argument to show that government doesnt want to help people. It wants control.

 

[UpAndAbout]

Don't feed the pigeons!

Libtards would rather feed pigeons than people, socialist bastards.

They'd rather save salmon than people too. And spotted owls. Fleas, mice, and rats will be next.

 

[paulitician]

I heard about this. Messed up.

It should be the perfect argument to show that government doesnt want to help people. It wants control.

Bingo!

 

[Dick Tuck]

Looks like the liberals have a war on the homeless going.

Yeah, Houston is a bastion of liberalism. Didn't Hottub Tom Delay represent them before he was disgraced?

 

[Clementine]

Charitable organizations and human rights activists in Houston hope to put an initiative on the November ballot that would reverse a controversial new ordinance which makes it a crime to feed the homeless, or otherwise give food away, without special permission.

On April 4 the Houston City Council passed the law, ruling that feeding the hungry requires the permission of property owners wherever it occurs — including the City of Houston, if the feeding happens on public property.

Council members passed the law by a a 11-6 vote; the regulations are set to take effect in July, according to Mayor Annise Parker’s office.

Amber Rodriguez, executive director of Noah’s Kitchen in Houston, told The Daily Caller that the new ordinance will shut her organization down if it is upheld. A single fine from the city, she said, could hurt the charity significantly.

The maximum penalty for violating the ordinance is a misdemeanor charge accompanied by a $500 fine. The original proposal, submitted by Mayor Parker, included fines as high as $2,000.

Rodriguez said a $500 fine would keep Noah’s Kitchen from providing roughly 750 meals to individuals who need them.

Initially, the mayor also wanted “all charitable food to be prepared in city-certified kitchens, at least one person from each feeding organization take a food safety class and that everyone who wants to feed the homeless register with the city,” according to the Houston Chronicle. Those requirements were eventually struck from the final version, and registration was made voluntary.


Read more: Houston Charities | Feeding The Homeless | Government Permission | The Daily Caller

A study showed that Republicans donated more to charity, so this will stop them from being generous. The government doesn't like voluntary goodwill. For one thing, it shows that the generosity of people can do more than government and for less money. I think most tax money gets absorbed by the system to pay bureaucrats and other waste before it gets to the target. Besides, it would take too many agents to inspect the soup kitchens and make sure the meals were approved. I mean, the charities could be giving people turkey sandwiches instead of gross chicken nuggets or something equally outrageous. If the feds are going to inspect kid's lunches, then they can't trust any adults to feed people.

 

[Old Rocks]

Don't feed the pigeons!

Libtards would rather feed pigeons than people, socialist bastards.

They'd rather save salmon than people too. And spotted owls. Fleas, mice, and rats will be next.

Dimbulb, who the hell eats the salmon? You guys are so damned retarded.

 

[paulitician]

This is likely a revenue issue as well for Big Government advocates. These ridiculous fines are basically the equivalent of increased Taxation. The Police Staters/Nanny Staters are doing this all across the Nation. They call them 'Fines' or 'Penalties', but in reality they're just new Taxes. Never underestimate how low Big Brother can go.

 

[catzmeow]

On the flip side, are you allowed to host any other kind of gathering with dozens or hundreds of people on private and public property without some kind of permit or the permission of the owner?

 

[Avorysuds]

Can we get a list of who voted yes and no for this and what party they are from?

 

[paulitician]

This Stossel Masterpiece says it best about Big Brother. This is only part I. You can watch the whole show on his site or YouTube...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dcZlrbBFE]4/6/12 Stossel "No They Can't" segment Part I - YouTube[/ame]

 

[inALIENable]

I heard about this. Messed up.

It should be the perfect argument to show that government doesnt want to help people. It wants control.

Were you educated by a libtard? It's not the responsibility or purpose of a government to help people, silly you. The purpose of a government is to govern/manage a nation.

 

[BlindBoo]

Charitable organizations and human rights activists in Houston hope to put an initiative on the November ballot that would reverse a controversial new ordinance which makes it a crime to feed the homeless, or otherwise give food away, without special permission.

On April 4 the Houston City Council passed the law, ruling that feeding the hungry requires the permission of property owners wherever it occurs — including the City of Houston, if the feeding happens on public property.

Council members passed the law by a a 11-6 vote; the regulations are set to take effect in July, according to Mayor Annise Parker’s office.

Amber Rodriguez, executive director of Noah’s Kitchen in Houston, told The Daily Caller that the new ordinance will shut her organization down if it is upheld. A single fine from the city, she said, could hurt the charity significantly.

The maximum penalty for violating the ordinance is a misdemeanor charge accompanied by a $500 fine. The original proposal, submitted by Mayor Parker, included fines as high as $2,000.

Rodriguez said a $500 fine would keep Noah’s Kitchen from providing roughly 750 meals to individuals who need them.

Initially, the mayor also wanted “all charitable food to be prepared in city-certified kitchens, at least one person from each feeding organization take a food safety class and that everyone who wants to feed the homeless register with the city,” according to the Houston Chronicle. Those requirements were eventually struck from the final version, and registration was made voluntary.


Read more: Houston Charities | Feeding The Homeless | Government Permission | The Daily Caller

A study showed that Republicans donated more to charity, so this will stop them from being generous. The government doesn't like voluntary goodwill. For one thing, it shows that the generosity of people can do more than government and for less money. I think most tax money gets absorbed by the system to pay bureaucrats and other waste before it gets to the target. Besides, it would take too many agents to inspect the soup kitchens and make sure the meals were approved. I mean, the charities could be giving people turkey sandwiches instead of gross chicken nuggets or something equally outrageous. If the feds are going to inspect kid's lunches, then they can't trust any adults to feed people.

I think that was more of a food safey class like resturants. It wasn't in the final regulation. It would have put a little more work on the already overworked food saftey inspectors.

Just think what Marvin would do!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqlbjxznZA]Slime in the Ice Machine - YouTube[/ame]

The feds aren't inpecting kids lunches.

 

[bucs90]

WOW!!! Big Govt nanny statism at its finest!!!

"Hey, you there, are you giving away food to the hungry? There will be none of that sir, giving away free shit is OUR job, now stop or you'll go to jail!"

 

[BlindBoo]

I heard about this. Messed up.

It should be the perfect argument to show that government doesnt want to help people. It wants control.

Were you educated by a libtard? It's not the responsibility or purpose of a government to help people, silly you. The purpose of a government is to govern/manage a nation.

Silly INalien, it's a City Council.

 

[BlindBoo]

WOW!!! Big Govt nanny statism at its finest!!!

"Hey, you there, are you giving away food to the hungry? There will be none of that sir, giving away free shit is OUR job, now stop or you'll go to jail!"

Fauxrageous!

"Hey, are those rat turds you're serving to those poor folks?"

 

[inALIENable]

WOW!!! Big Govt nanny statism at its finest!!!

"Hey, you there, are you giving away food to the hungry? There will be none of that sir, giving away free shit is OUR job, now stop or you'll go to jail!"

A politician finds it more difficult and expensive to buy your vote if your tummy is already full. So, stop that, stop feeding the pigeons, or you' Il be charged with trying to influence an election.