St. Petersburg Times Drops Lawsuit Against St. Pete

Alex Pickett wrote about how the city of St. Petersburg was banning street solicitation. The law was made by the St. Petersburg City Council to crack down on homeless people panhandling on the medium of roads. The St. Petersburg Times's street solicitors was going to be effected by the passage of the law. The St. Peterburg Times decided to sue to city.

The St. Petersburg Times has announced they are dropping the lawsuit.

Here's the proposed deal: Times Publishing Co., the parent company of the St. Petersburg Times, will drop its suit if the city agrees not to pursue legal fees.

And it is over. Many poor people that sell the Sunday Times for extra cash will be financially worse off. Apparently, campaign contributions can be free speech (which I agree with), but selling newspapers or panhandling is a public nuisance.