{"id":8240,"date":"2020-09-07T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T00:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2020-09-07T20:45:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T00:45:29","slug":"panhandling-technically-ok-in-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/09\/07\/panhandling-technically-ok-in-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Panhandling technically OK in Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk Commissioners voted January 2019  to get rid of the county\u2019s panhandling ordinance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put in September 2020 it getting bad see the photos below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"fade\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li 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