Bill targeting day laborers has unintended consequences

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Firefighters and cheerleaders looking for donations might be swept off the streets of Gaithersburg under an ordinance originally aimed at keeping day laborers out of traffic as they look for work to be debated at tonight’s city council meeting.

The bill seeks to preserve the least controversial part of a city anti-solicitation ordinance. The first version was rejected by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler two months ago.

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