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County attorney, sheriff and commissioners agree to draft guidance on protests; commissioners ask for panhandling ordinance
Summary
After extended discussion about public gatherings at county facilities and panhandling at intersections, the commission asked staff and the sheriff's office to develop clear, flexible guidance on permissible time, place and manner restrictions and asked staff to prepare a panhandling ordinance for future consideration.
The Okeechobee County Commission discussed when and where citizens may assemble at county properties and how to address aggressive panhandling during a lengthy Aug. 14 agenda item that drew comments from the county attorney, the sheriff's office and multiple commissioners.
County counsel summarized constitutional limits: "reasonable restrictions as to time, place, and manner of speech are permissible, as long as those restrictions are justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech, are narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and leave open ample alternative channels for…
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