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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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