Remember the issue of panhandling in Tampa?
For months, at the end of 2010 and especially throughout the mayoral and city council campaign this winter, the story was a dominant one, with most of those running for office saying they supported a crackdown of some sort on people asking for money at street medians throughout the city.
On Thursday, City Councilman Harry Cohen, who along with two of the three other new members on the board campaigned supporting a ban, requested that the city conduct a workshop next month to discuss how to go forward on the issue.
This article appears in May 5-11, 2011.