City of Pensacola staff and Mike Kimberl met Monday afternoon to discuss the weekly meal share at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza. This was days after Kimberl, an advocate for homeless issues and co-founder of the Pensacola Food Not Bombs chapter, was arrested and charged for resisting an officer and violating city ordinance — both are misdemeanors.
Food Not Bombs Pensacola is a “leaderless collective,” as they describe themselves online. Kimberl met with city staff as a private citizen. It was a “nice conversation,” he said. However, the city wants the meal share to be permitted.
Kimberl fears a permit would be a “slippery slope” for the Pensacola chapter. The meal share has existed every Friday evening since 2011. He said it is not an event, but a protest…