(West Warwick, RI) -- A town council resolution urging people to donate money to charity instead of giving it to panhandlers in West Warwick was defeated on Tuesday. The board voted 4-to-1 against the proposal from council president David A. Gosselin Jr. following criticism from people in attendance and a letter of concern sent the day before from the ACLU and other groups. Gosselin said the proposal was not meant to be anti-homeless.