motley:  Just for the record.  I refer to homelessness and poverty as blights.  I do not refer to the homeless or the impoverished as such.  There's a big difference.  I feel we, as a nation, need to dedicate ourselves to addressing the causes of those conditions. As I have previously stated, the Springfield ban does absolutely nothing to address any of the myriad of issues leading to poverty and homelessness.  It's simply a mechanism to push panhandlers out of Springfield.  You know it. I know it. Everyone who is following this conversation thread knows it. The Springfield City knows it.  

The State of Texas used "clinic building requirements" close down scores of abortion providers and make it nearly impossible to get an abortion in the State; claiming it was necessary for the health and safety of the clinic patients.  Springfield has used a similiar tactic using "traffic safety" as the justification.  In both cases we all know better.