Via Dan's Facebook page, the USA Today has picked up on the Oconee County fundraising ban story.
Again, I say this is a needed ban, and I don't even know if I'd offer the qualifier that Oconee County Chairman Melvin Davis offered in saying groups could apply for permits. This is something that is being abused by one group of folks who are putting their own safety in risk time and time again (just this past weekend I dodged one of these folks who tried to run across three lanes of traffic during a green light).
(Plus, speaking as a fundraising consultant, it's just a lazy strategy to do a on regular basis and that kinda bugs me.)