WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned rental banquet facility.
West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post they’re trying to discourage people from sleeping outside the glass-walled Waterfront Lake Pavilion, which she says rakes in some $240,000 annually from events.
The loop of “Baby Shark” and “Raining Tacos” is a temporary fix to keep homeless people off the patio. Rockwell says the city wants to formalize hours for the facility, which should make trespassing laws easier to enforce.
Illaya Champion tells the Post “it’s wrong” to chase people away with music. He says he’ll still sleep there, but “it’s on and on, the same songs.”
TinyEverest on July 17th, 2019 at 16:07 UTC »
Leave the park doo-doo do-doo do-doo
TheDodoBird on July 17th, 2019 at 14:02 UTC »
The city park downtown in my town blares opera music all night long to deter the homeless from sleeping there. Not sure how effective it is, as I imagine some cheap ear plugs would fix that really quick. But for better or worse, this isn't that uncommon. I imagine the reason it is even making headlines is because they are using that god-forsaken children's song that my daughter will all day long sometimes, over and over and over again...
EDIT: This is the park I am talking about. The gazebo in the middle of the park is where they play the music. So I suppose it is probably more to deter folks from sleeping in the gazebo, but you can sure it from anywhere in the park.
FlashbackUniverse on July 17th, 2019 at 13:23 UTC »
But what about the endless horde of 2 year olds that will be drawn to the park?
The place is basically going to look like Night of the Living Dead: The Pre-K Years