What’s Palm Harbor Saying About the ‘Sitting Ban'?

Earlier this week, we asked Tampa Bay area residents to chime in with their thoughts on . While the city of Clearwater has since moved forward with its plan, many Patch readers had mixed feelings about the notion.

Here’s what a Palm Harbor Patch reader had to say:

Homelessness is prima facie evidence of an intrinsic societal failure, it is not a law enforcement issue. Any municipality would be at best hard pressed to address the multitude of issues that homelessness brings with it. As a larger society we must find effective methods of reaching a positive resolution. Tossing some bum in the back of a police cruiser and have Barney Fife drive him to the county line fails to achieve a positive resolution.

Do the homeless commit crimes - certainly. So do residents of gated communities. Do the homeless use drugs - yes. So do many kids in our local schools. Do they want to be homeless - yes some do. Are there little kids living on the street - yes.

This is an issue that cries for creative solutions from Tallahassee and Washington. The leadership we have gotten in the past certainly has not resolved these crying societal needs.

 What do you think? Let us know in the comments section.