Update: The County Commission passed the ordinance at its meeting on June 23rd. Here’s the pdf of the agenda item: [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4C.pdf”] The Palm Beach County Commission is getting closer to an ordinance that would ban panhandlers and others from standing in roadway medians. On the agenda for May 19th is a “preliminary reading” of…
Update: Commissioner Abrams did respond, briefly. See bottom of the article. After three attempts we’ve still received no response from Commissioner Abrams and Berger on the panhandling issue in West Boca and the rest of unincorporated Palm Beach County. Today we sent an e-mail to Andy O’Brien, who is challenging Abrams in the current election…
Update: At bottom we’ve posted a federal case that upheld Pembroke Pines’ ordinance against panhandling and similar behavior. In our recent article on panhandlers, a lot of readers have asked why we don’t see them in the city of Boca Raton. The city adopted specific ordinances to deal with the problem, and not just panhandlers….
Update: County Attorney Denise Nieman responded. See bottom of this article. Having received numerous complaints from readers about panhandlers, we decided to contact our elected officials to see if they have anything meaningful to say on the subject. Here’s our letter to the County Commissioners Steven Abrams and Mary Lou Berger, along with County Attorney…
