Sunday, December 8, 2013  Prop 13-143  The movers and shakers of
Indianapolis have put a lot of effort and money into the city's
image. This makes the language in a new panhandling ordinance
peculiar, for it limits street performance in a way that will
effectively ban it in the downtown area. As currently written,
Prop 143 refers to performance with no verbal request for money,
as passive solicitation.  While this version does not ban such
activity entirely, it places restrictions that would make it
impossible to busk in most populated areas, and after 8pm. 
Many performers are miffed at being called panhandlers, and are
focused on changing the proposition to exclude musicians and
performers from the ban. This petition by the Indianapolis
Acoustic Music group wants a re-write to allow street
performance.  I understand the outrage at having one's work
labeled panhandling, when it so clearly is not. But I also find
it highly offensive that one's access to public areas would be
determined by desirability. This