Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Thursday November 23, 2023 show is a Flashback to June 10, 1999 featuring a long interview with then-Councilmember Mike Rotkin discussing police inaction around homeless beatings and use of the Sleeping Ban

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The November 23, 2023 show is a Flashback to June 10, 1999 including: 

  • Oakland City Council rejects loitering law [East Bay Express 4-23-99]
  • Fort Lauderdale may ban begging after 11th Circuit Court decision
  • Philadelphia ACLU and police settle homeless lawsuit on begging.
  • City Councilmember Mike Rotkin, in-studio guest,  grilled on the beating of local Ray Stitts, homeless guy.
  • Norse proposes Rotkin take immediate action with repeal of Sleeping Ban as an immediate safety measure or emergency safety zones indoors or outdoors; Rotkin won’t act himself but says “bring me proposals”.
  • Callers include Becky Johnson, Bernard Klitzner, “Merlin”, and others.
  • Dispute on popularity of changing the Sleeping Ban; Rotkin’s door-to-door experience