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he Occupy movement came to Los Angeles aiming for Wall Street titans, but farmers market vendors are the first to take a real hit.
Two weeks ago, about 40 vendors who sell on the City Hall lawn every Thursday were forced off the property after protesters refused to remove their city of tents.
The mini-businesses — produce farmers, popcorn poppers, flower sellers — were abruptly moved by city officials to a new and less visible location across Main Street. Since that relocation, profits have plummeted, vendors have pulled out and shoppers have become scarce.
Targeting Wall Street but hurting small vendors instead - latimes.com
Seeded on Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:15 PM EDT
Article Source: The L.A. Times
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The decision was made through a vote Oct. 19, she said. Close to a hundred demonstrators cast votes. Nearly everyone agreed to move, but a handful did not. Because decisions required unanimous approval, the handful won, Fennelly said.
You have to be kidding me. These people don't have the brains God gave a bag of sand. You want to hurt the livelihood of dozens of hard-working ordinary people so you can have your little protest. It's not too late to change your name to "Jackasses on the Lawn."
#1 - Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:19 PM EDT
The 99% have as much right to be there as the vendors do.
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#2 - Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:43 PM EDTAnd you have proof that they WANT to hurt the farmers' market? Maybe they just don't want to relocate all of their stuff, and take a chance of not being allowed back to the area.
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Well for one thing, the farmers' market was setting up there before the protestors came along. Once that was pointed out to them, the protestors could have moved but chose not to. Then they had a vote and a majority voted to move, but they didn't because it wasn't unanimous. That's an impossible standard.
My point is, they are going out of their way to needlessly hurt this market - willingly and with full knowledge of the impact. And whether the impact is small or large, why make it a problem for these farmers at all?
Well for one thing, the farmers' market was setting up there before the protestors came along
That doesn't mean they own the place.
If this was Whole Paycheck Foods buying the property where these vendors set up shop you probably wouldn't even hear a whisper.
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