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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: political groups at market
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 06:54:33 -0600


I definitely agree it should be all or nothing as far as political groups.

I would love to see somewhere that political groups could gather, though,
and what better place than the market place! An age old gathering place.

Perhaps an area off a little from the rest, where all political groups could
each have a place - and no soliciting - just displays.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a place where political dialogue could
occur!!!!!

I am quite active politically, and I can tell you that almost everywhere
people are afraid to let anyone put up political posters or hand out
political information. And yet our voting population is not well informed
on the issues. Nor the candidates either.

In this time when democracy is so threatened, how nice a marketplace forum
would be!
Jill
From: Del Williams
> I would personally oppose the presence of non-profits selling against
people
> who are there to make a living. That strikes me as a real problem in
> development.
>
> If the market doesn't mind giving non-profits booths or spaces for
> information distribution only that wouldn't be a terrible idea. But I
would
> want them all together and not mixed in with produce vendors.
>
> Our market has a master gardener booth where they distribute info about
the
> program. We don't charge them for the space in exchange for assisting the
> market manager when he needs help or for assisting vendors when they are
> setting up or tearing down.
>
> The idea of anyone walking around to customers and sticking a petition in
> their faces would be unacceptable to me. Sound like a good way to annoy
> your customers.
>
> The problem is that if you let one group in you're probably going to have
to
> let everyone in UNLESS you come up with a guideline for ag related
political
> groups.
>
> Del Williams
> Farmer in the Del
> Clifton IL
>






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