Jun
26
What Borough Council giveth, it can taketh away.
After an unnamed vendor threatened to sue over his exclusion from the Farmer’s Market, the Council voted to take back control Tuesday. Producer-Farmers, who had been given control of the market in February, were angered by the decision.
Association members Lois Stringer and Whitney Duley said they were shocked and disappointed to receive notification of the vote Tuesday morning.
“I guess there’s nothing we can do,” Duley said. “I thought it had been going extremely well. We got some new people, and we got some really nice products in.”
I hope things resolve for the best. Personally, I insist on knowing the origin of the veggies I eat. I’d love to see everyone label their produce with the state and county of origin.
Better still, Borough Council could enforce their own producer-only ordinance and tell this litigious vendor to get lost.
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I wonder if the unnamed vendor sent an anonymous letter to borough council or if borough council doesn’t feel like it needs to say who complained. After all, if there’s no person who will stand up and admit to it, then maybe it’s just a power grab by borough council having 2nd thoughts about letting something slip out of their control. After all, this is Bellefonte where the taste polezei keep everything neat and tidy.
It sounded to me like the market committee knew who this vendor was, and so would the Council. Only the CDT would know why he wasn’t named in the article.