In a jam-packed committee room, a Memphis City Council committee voted Tuesday to move ahead with two ordinances regulating the sale of beer and aggressive panhandling downtown.
It will be at least six weeks before the ordinances take effect if the full council approves them. Members and staffers have been swamped with calls on this one.
The ordinances were supported by The Peabody, Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin, the Center City Commission, and the Downtown Neighborhood Association among others. A couple of supporters brought signs that said “Please help make downtown safer for our families to live,” and one couple brought their baby in a stroller.
