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TheOcean1 at aol.com
TheOcean1 at aol.com
Mon Apr 24 18:38:56 EDT 2006
I wasn't going to mention it, but Randy's posting makes me think it was a
bad day for standing in the roadway.
First, the proposal is only to remove folks from the roadways, and it's only
up for the County at this time. I hope INC votes to endorse it, and hope to
later see the City follow suit.
I was at the light at Broad and Guess (Old five points) and saw the vender
sitting sideways and cross legged on a flimsy looking folding chair. That
median is barely the size of the wheelchair that used to man that corner. The
feet of this chair have zero extra room.
Fortunately there wasn't traffic in motion, and I was looking elsewhere when
it started. But as I look back, he's waving is arms in the air they way you
do when you are losing your balance. Well, he never fell, but he sure should
use a milk crate instead of that chair.
I know the Herald wants to maintain these street vendors, but I'm convinced
that if Bob Ashley saw what I saw today, or maybe what Randy saw, the practice
would end instantly.
I wonder why they don't station them in front of Northgate mall and sell to
pedestrian traffic. I bet more mall shoppers would buy on their way out, and
others might pull in to purchase and add to mall business.
We don't want the Herald to lose circulation, but none of us, including the
Herald, want to have a vendor squashed.
Bill Anderson
In a message dated 4/24/2006 5:32:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
randy at 27beverly.com writes:
Today, I almost viewed the senario Mike mentions in his subject for his
email. It was a paper vendor who has only one leg. He sits at the
intersection of 15-501 business and University Drive (that intersection in
Rockwood near the Q-Shack). And it was law enforcement who came close to
doing it. Not because they were trying or anything, but the vendor, in the
middle of the median, really had the emergency vehicle blocked. He could
have driven across it otherwise. Instead, he came to a full stop, sirens
going, and waited until everything came to a stop and went down the wrong
side of the street. We all know he is there every day, but it didn't help
the emergency today at that intersection to have to deal with something
other than the traffic. I do not get to see this sort of interaction very
often, but today, it was dangerous. Not just for the vendor, but everyone
at that busy intersection.
But I'm not sure Mike is right in his assumption that vendors can still
work Nineth Street or the street vendors work the sidewalks. It depends
what ordinance is actually passed. If it's a right-of-way ordinance, the
sidewalks are in the right-of-way. If it's intersections, then that's
different. But no matter what we pass at INC, it's not the ordinance. That
comes from those higher up the pecking order than us.
RWP
27 Beverly
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