Issaquah panhandling ban includes firefighters

Issaquah panhandling ban includes firefighters: "Issaquah panhandling ban includes firefighters

There are no exceptions, even for nonprofits

Thursday, August 28, 2008

By MOISES MENDOZA
P-I REPORTER

ISSAQUAH -- A new ordinance in this suburb meant to stop annoying panhandling is also making it hard for firefighters to raise money for a good cause.

The city's panhandling ordinance is at the center of a dispute that pits city officials against firefighters who say they've been prevented from raising money for the disabled at their favorite intersection because it's now considered 'solicitation.'"