response to Is Not: You brought in everything including the kitchen sink to refute Sherry's article, but failed to address any of her points.

She was primarily addressing first amendment rights, but the 8th amendment rights of equal protection under the law are being violated too as police selectively enforce laws against homeless people, activists, and teenagers.

She didn't talk about the right to bear arms or even social services for homeless people. You DO know that the preamble to the constitution calls for the US to "promote the general welfare" so it is not anywhere out of the ordinary for governments to provide services for sick, disabled, displaced, or unemployed individuals. Indeed, its a matter of public health to do so.

Sherry's article primarily addressed the shrinking public spaces downtown and the huge increase in nuisance ordinances which criminalize sitting on vast swatches of sidewalk.

since you seem only concerned with the money in your pocket, consider this: The National Coalition on Homelessness reports that it costs a city about $1000 each to prosecute a simple ticket. So when you have paid police officers writing tickets for sitting down, playing a flute too near a building, or having a political table up on the sidewalk for longer than an hour---YOU are the one who must pay for all that law enforcement. Since the police budget is a third fo the general fund and GROWING, I would think you of all people would pay closer attention to the issues Sherry raised.