An obscure, decades-old ordinance that restricted where buskers — a musician who...
Anthony Barilla has filed a lawsuit against Houston to fight the city's ordinance that restricts musicians.that restricted where buskers — a musician who performs in public places — can play for tips in Houston has been deemed unconstitutional and struck down by a federal judge.
Houston accordionist Anthony Barilla, who in January 2020 lodged the lawsuit, tested the ordinance prior to suing the city and found the eight-block zone void of pedestrians. Fewer people means fewer tips, he argued.“It wasn’t financially worth it,” said Barilla, a member of the accordion band Houston's A-S-S and a composer whose work has been heard on the radio program “This American Life.”
Barilla's lawsuit waged on for more than two years. A deposition with the director of Houston’s Planning and Development Department, Margaret Brown, taken in May shows she expressed concern that a busker could draw a crowd — and from there, she worried, pedestrians would walk into vehicle traffic to avoid the performer’s onlookers.
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