We can't 'sweep' the problem away

We can't `sweep' the problem away

It's back. A new version of the controversial municipal anti-loitering ordinance aimed at gangs and drug sellers that was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year.

Although details of the new, rewritten injunction have not yet been made public, we would hope that it meets the needs and specifications of all the parties that it is meant to aid.

The previous proposal was far too ill-conceived and capricious. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor even wrote that it was vague and did not provide to the public adequate notice of what was and was not against the law.

It required police officers to disperse any …