In a decision that the City of Indianapolis refused to comment about, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana won a case in Federal Court on First Amendment grounds against the City’s attempt to illegally restrict panhandling and begging downtown.  The City agreed to drop prosecution of persons who were passively panhandling and begging downtown, […]

In the aftermath of Gov. Mike Pence approving Senate Bill 621, the so-called Power Grab Bill, the Democratic leaders of Indianapolis’ City-County Council appeared live on Afternoons with Amos to express their disappointment in the Governor’s action.  But Council President Maggie Lewis and Council Vice-President John Barth blasted Mayor Greg Ballard for his failure to […]

Mayor Greg Ballard gave his fifth State of the City Speech and focused on eliminating panhandling from the downtown area and curbing panhandlers in other areas of the city./county.  In his speech before 240 people at the new Alexander Hotel at CityWay, Mayor Ballard talked about the growing problem of both aggressive and passive panhandling […]

CHICAGO, Il. — A homeless man in Chicago named Curtis Jackson has given  thousands of dollars he earns panhandling to a struggling single-mother who lives out of a hotel room with her 10-year-old son. Fox Chicago News reports: Sandy’s Good Samaritan is Curtis Jackson, who’s been homeless since 2004. He pays for Sandy’s hotel room […]