{"id":5956,"date":"2010-02-19T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2010-02-19T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:44:16","slug":"former-homeless-man-supports-the-cccs-proposed-panhandling-and-single-beer-ordinances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/19\/former-homeless-man-supports-the-cccs-proposed-panhandling-and-single-beer-ordinances\/","title":{"rendered":"Former homeless man supports the CCC’s proposed panhandling and single beer ordinances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activist groups are starting to make noise that the CCC’s proposed panhandling and single beer ordinances are attempts to “criminalize poverty” and run the homeless out of Downtown.\u00a0 This is absolutely untrue.\u00a0\u00a0The CCC has\u00a0said time and time again that the condition<\/em> of being homeless is a separate issue from the behaviors<\/em> of panhandling aggressively and being drunk and disorderly.<\/p>\n

The CCC posted a great story today.\u00a0 Gaston Davis was at one point homeless.\u00a0 He went through the program at the Union Mission and became an assistant at the Mission.\u00a0 He went on to receive a degree at SWTCCC, and 11 years ago he founded the Center City Commission’s Blue Suede Brigade program.\u00a0 Blue Suede Brigadiers walk the streets of Downtown Memphis, welcoming tourists, giving directions, and handing out maps and other helpful info.\u00a0 That wonderful 16-person program was founded by a formerly homeless man.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 I did not know that prior to today.<\/p>\n

Gaston knows what it’s like on the street, and trains his Brigadiers to provide help to those in need.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 Gaston supports the panhandling and single beer ordinances.\u00a0 <\/strong>If the hidden agenda behind the ordinances were to run homeless people out of Downtown, I seriously doubt a formerly homeless man would be such a strong proponent of them.<\/p>\n

There was a great comment to this story left on Facebook:\u00a0 “I fear that some other self-proclaimed ‘advocates for the homeless’ care more about advancing their political ideology than providing help to the truly needy.”\u00a0 EXACTLY!!!!<\/p>\n

This page<\/a> provides details on the ordinances, and ways you can show your support.\u00a0 Please sign the petition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Activist groups are starting to make noise that the CCC’s proposed panhandling and single beer ordinances are attempts to “criminalize poverty” and run the homeless out of Downtown.\u00a0 This is absolutely untrue.\u00a0\u00a0The CCC has\u00a0said time and time again that the condition of being homeless is a separate issue from the behaviors of panhandling aggressively and … Continue reading “Former homeless man supports the CCC’s proposed panhandling and single beer ordinances”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5958,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions\/5958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}