Barb
Carpe Scrotum
btw, Barb...the penalty for littering in Florida could be a misdemeanor conviction and $500, so in reality it would be cheaper for these groups to get permitted.Facts are interesting things.
If you as an individual give a homeless person in Miami something to eat, you will have no problems.
If you as part of a group, sets up an improvised soup kitchen and don't follow food safety rules and/or don't clean up after yourselves you will get fined.
I don't see the problem.
Ravi, aren't there already littering laws on the books? Fine people who litter under existing law then. Are there food safety standards inspectors? Have them monitor and (where appropriate) educate these groups about those standards, just like any other food service establishment.
I don't see the problem in that.
Where this law is foul is that it specifically singles out those who work to ease the pain and indignity of hunger and homelessness for "special" attention and heftier fines, all at a time where those problems are increasing.
Okay, I see your point. I still would hope the powers that be would exert more outreach towards getting them permitted rather than discouraging them with fines for not already holding a permit. The heart does what the heart will do. So sometimes the head is soft as well? So teach them how to help without causing a bigger problem instead of punishing them for doing so imperfectly.