When the tourist town of Key West, Florida, banned begging near its cruise ship docks recently, local officials said what a growing number of other communities have said: Beggars and homeless people are bad for business. “We can’t afford to have panhandlers hassling tourists,” [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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