Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups
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This is exactly how the marginalized are ‘pushed out’ of society. Not by direct legislation, but by legislation that targets them nonetheless.
Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups
Organizations that serve food downtown throughout the week can no longer park in front of the Guelph Community Health Centre, a change they say will impact their service
GuelphToday.com (www.guelphtoday.com)
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This is exactly how the marginalized are ‘pushed out’ of society. Not by direct legislation, but by legislation that targets them nonetheless.
Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups
Organizations that serve food downtown throughout the week can no longer park in front of the Guelph Community Health Centre, a change they say will impact their service
GuelphToday.com (www.guelphtoday.com)
City bylaw officials, however, say the regulations aren’t new and should have been enforced all along.
That’s totally reasonable. So now that the oversight has been corrected and the social impact identified, carve out a fucking exception and make it legal. The volunteers have been operating like that long enough that clearly their system is working without causing bigger problems.