Sarasota Livin'

I like the new ordinance already. I am a backpacker / hiker (ok not lately..) so I didn't like having a no camping law. You can read about it here. There are at least two sides to every issue but I know people that have had loud "camps" behind their homes and the police were not able to help.

Sarasota has a big heart and to my knowledge there is help for the "homeless" population. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune notes that Maj. Bert Tanner the executive director of the Salvation Army endorsed the rule.

It is vagrancy that is the problem most people can't live with. If you choose to live on the street and hustle for a living (drunk or stoned) you are not welcome in Sarasota. Sorry but .... I know that I am not the only one that feels that way. Read the Sarasota Coalition of City Neighborhoods position paper