The driver accused of hitting a suspected panhandler on Monday afternoon at the Venture Drive/Cheat Road intersection has been charged with driving under the influence causing bodily injury. […]
Tag: panhandling ordinance
Mon Commission passes pedestrian and vehicle safety law
MORGANTOWN — It doesn’t outlaw panhandling, they noted. Or curtail speech. It doesn’t criminalize poverty or homelessness. It addresses a specific safety issue — people loitering […]
Nothing left for county’s pedestrian, vehicle safety ordinance but a vote
MORGANTOWN — There’s nothing left for the Monongalia County Commission to do but vote on the proposed pedestrian and vehicle safety ordinance — formerly known as a […]
Mon Commission’s not-panhandling ordinance unlikely to work as intended
Today, the Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance will once again be up for public comment and possibly for passage at the Monongalia County Commission meeting. The current […]
Press pause on ‘safety’ ordinance
For months, as he has crafted his not-a-panhandling-ordinance, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom has repeatedly said his proposal is based on an Alabama law that prohibits panhandling. […]
Is panhandling protected speech or conduct that can be regulated?
Monongalia County is moving ahead with plans to restrict panhandling. The proposed ordinance would make it unlawful to ask for money or distribute materials to “the drivers […]
