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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: thelakelander on January 02, 2018, 07:51:04 PM

Poll
Question: Do street performers enhance the pedestrian scale urban experience?
Option 1: Yes, street performers should be allowed in certain locations downtown votes: 8
Option 2: No, street performers should not be allowed votes: 0
Option 3: I don't know, it's complicated votes: 2
Title: Just days after Christmas, little drummer boy told to move along
Post by: thelakelander on January 02, 2018, 07:51:04 PM

(http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser__620x350/public/field/image/5384628_web1_1DrummerBoy010118.jpg?itok=8nr2HqIW)

QuoteAfter playing upturned 5-gallon plastic buckets for tips, T.J. Nelson, 14, now has real drums that he has played downtown a few days. City police told him Tuesday he had to vacate a street corner after a business owner a few doors away complained. Also a city ordinance forbids playing for money on city streets. (Terry Dickson/Florida Times-Union)

Full article: http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2018-01-02/just-days-after-christmas-little-drummer-boy-told-move-along
Title: Re: Just days after Christmas, little drummer boy told to move along
Post by: DTJAXEYE on January 02, 2018, 07:58:23 PM
Looks like a "Family Dollar Store" shopping cart.  Wonder how much he paid for it...?
Title: Re: Just days after Christmas, little drummer boy told to move along
Post by: jaxrox on January 02, 2018, 08:01:56 PM
Well that's a shame. The police should focus on fighting real crime, not hassling someone who could have chosen to be doing much worse things than playing drums on a street corner!
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