Mississippi Business Journal » panhandler http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Councilman wants city to crack down on panhandlers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/07/councilman-wants-city-to-crack-down-on-panhandlers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=councilman-wants-city-to-crack-down-on-panhandlers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/07/councilman-wants-city-to-crack-down-on-panhandlers/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:27:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59372 JACKSON — Jackson City Councilman Quentin Whitwell wants to make it more costly to panhandle in downtown Jackson by increasing fines and possible jail sentences for repeat offenses. Whitwell tells The Clarion-Ledger residents have complained more and more lately of being accosted when they go downtown. While acknowledging the ordinance won’t solve the problem on [...]

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