@BlogKCThe city’s street performer community isn’t conceding defeat yet. If they can get 100 signatures in 10 days they can force the city to delay enforcement of the ordinance for 30 days. This would allow time to gather more signatures and petition for a referendum on the issue.
Go to the KC Street Art blog to find out where you can sign the petition this weekend.
On the referendum petition. We’ve been checking and finally got the answer. While the city code/charter says we have 10 days to file the intent, we really only have until 5pm on the 8th day. The 10th day is a Sunday, it’s always a Sunday and they aren’t open.
While we will be fine, I find it offensive that they could allow 10 days to organize, but fail to mention that they really mean 8 days.
Good one, Craig.
And Stacey, welcome to the wonderful world of red tape. You didn’t expect City Hall to make it easier for citizens to fight City Hall, now did you?
kiki,
Nope, never expected it to be easy. I’m just glad that my husband was persistent and called until he got an official answer. With government you should never take anything, no matter how clearly spelled out for granted.
Stacey, it’s a shame that you’re right, but you are. Let’s hope that the new mayor will make it a priority to cut down on the number of hoops people have to jump through.
It should be a lot easier for people to petition the government, to get licenses, and on and on.
I’m every bit the anarchist and I’m quite sane. In fact, my views are fairly typical for the people I know. Just because some of you are exposed to some opinions that aren’t shoved down your throat by the local TV news doesn’t make the person articulating those comments “insane.” I’ve found that people who dismiss the ideas of others as “insane” are simply incapable of discussing alternative ideas. For some, this is prejudice against alternate ideas. For others, this is just ignorance of other kinds of thinking.
There are plenty of accaptable ways to deal with panhandlers without getting the government involved.