CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – For a Navy veteran with kidney disease, playing guitar on the side of the street has become the only way to pay for healthy food.
“People are always calling the police for no reason just because they think we are eyesores,” said Kevin Morgan, who said he served on the USS Ranger CV-61 aircraft carrier.
Morgan plays music and accepts donations on Providence Boulevard.
But recently that’s become complicated. A Clarksville city ordinance passed in October has made solicitation and hand-to-hand transactions on the side of the road illegal.
According to the new law, violators will incur $50 in fines plus court costs.