Dover panhandling debate resurfaces as flashpoint for various city issues

Dover panhandling debate resurfaces as flashpoint for various city issues

Why Should Delaware Care? For the better part of a year, a proposed ordinance banning panhandling has been the subject of debate and controversy across the city of Dover. Now, as the city government has decided to re-consider the proposal, residents are using it as an avenue to express their broader grievances with homelessness and public safety in the capital city. Following nearly nine months of debate, legal opinions, public outcry and a Febr…