HomeNewsAnalysisNews Analysis: Do Panhandling Ordinances Work?

News Analysis: Do Panhandling Ordinances Work?

Author

Date

The Augusta Commission recently voted to extend the ordinance against aggressive panhandling to cover all of Augusta-Richmond County rather than select portions of downtown, but few actually believe an expanded ordinance will solve the problem.

“How are we going to enforce this county-wide when ...

Subscription Needed

You will need a subscription to The Augusta Press to view this content. Log in below OR subscribe.

Comment Policy

The Augusta Press encourages and welcomes reader comments; however, we request this be done in a respectful manner, and we retain the discretion to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We also reserve the right to hide, remove and/or not allow your comments to be posted. 

The types of comments not allowed on our site include: 

  • Threats of harm or violence 
  • Profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity, including images of or links to such material 
  • Racist comments  
  • Victim shaming and/or blaming 
  • Name calling and/or personal attacks; 
  • Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product or promote commercial websites or services; 
  • Comments that infringe on copyrights; 
  • Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile. 

4 COMMENTS

  1. Churches fill a spiritual and social need, and rather than being beggars, churches provide enormous aid to those less fortunate. Long before the government started taxing our incomes to provide social services, it was the churches who cared for widows and orphans and all those who were strugglibg throufh no fault of their own. Today, American churches devote millions of dollars every day to a multitude of worthy causes. And, they do not have to beg for a penny!

Recent posts