https://archive.is/ZZcga#selection-261.0-261.102
Volunteers giving out free meals with the organization Food Not Bombs have wracked up 40 tickets seeking more than $10,000 in fines since March 1, four weeks before visitors began pouring into downtown for the Final Four.
The Houston law they were charged with violating — an ordinance against giving away meals unless you have permission from the property where you’re doing it, even if the property is public — was put in place by City Council in 2012 but largely had gone unenforced for over a decade, municipal records show.
This is such a ridiculous law that goes against any common sense. It seems like such a gross violation of basic human rights. How is it allowed to stand in the “leader of the free world”?