Don't feed the animals: Las Vegas bans feeding of homeless in parks.

Hey Booboo, what happened to our picnic baskets?
Yogi the park ranger put up a sign, “Don't Feed The Animals!”

Recently the Las Vegas Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that bans providing food or meals to the homeless in parks.

The measure is an attempt to stop so-called "mobile soup kitchens" from operating in parks, where residents say they attract the homeless and render the city facilities unusable by families.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada called the ordinance blatantly unconstitutional, unenforceable and the latest attempt by the city to hide and harass the homeless instead of constructively addressing their plight.

"So the only people who get to eat are those who have enough money? Those who get (government) assistance can't eat at your picnic?" asked ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein. "I've heard of some rather strange and extreme measures from other cities. I've never heard of something like this. It's mind-boggling."

The city's new ordinance, which officials could begin enforcing as early as Friday, defines an indigent as a "person whom a reasonable ordinary person would believe to be entitled to apply for or receive assistance" from the government under state law.

Mayor Oscar Goodman, who has been a vocal advocate of cracking down on the homeless in city parks, dismissed questions about how marshals, who patrol city parks, will identify the homeless in order to enforce the ordinance, the violation of which would be a misdemeanor.
"Certain truths are self-evident," Goodman said. "You know who's homeless."

Where do these vitriolic people come from? Their numbers grow day by day. These people look at the homeless as inhuman scum, while anyone can become homeless. Some of these people are have serious mental illnesses, many of them have become victims of the American dream. We all know the story. You buy a new car because you're neighbor purchased one. "Keeping up with the Jones" is what they call it. There are many families who live out of their vehicle and these rancorous individuals wish to treat them like animals. Don't feed the homeless! Had they even taken time to consider a way to help these people? Of course not.. Why do we put these people in office? Kissing babies and shaking hands is far from what it takes to serve the people.