CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR WINS COURT CASE FOR SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS TICKET

A major victory for our newspaper for people experiencing homelessness today, when a vendor who'd received what can only be described as a bogus citation for "solicitation for business and obstructing a roadway" was dismissed after the police officer who wrote the citation left the courtroom rather than testify and the assistant DA decided she didn't want to deal with the publicity persecuting a newspaper vendor would surely bring to her office. The vendor's public defender was set to take the matter to trial and has informed us that if we get another citation they are to be notified immediately so that the matter can be taken to trial and resolved permanently. Score one for the freedom of the press, score another one for the rights of newspaper vendors, and score yet another victory for the homeless who sell this newspaper rather than panhandle or engage in other activities to earn money.