Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/todays-headlines-415/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/todays-headlines-415/comment-page-1/#comment-45011 DJB Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:21:45 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=17601#comment-45011 No, we shouldn't crack down on street vendors. Poor people selling non-drug items to survive is very far from immoral. The city should be ashamed of itself for hassling people's legitimate attempts to make a living. If you're selling from a push cart, you should be exempt from business taxes. As far as food safety goes, I'm pretty sure people understand that there's an element of risk in street food. Echo Park homeowners feel crowded out by vendors, boo hoo. That's hardly a Shakespearean tragedy. The street vendors are scraping up rent and food money, let's have a little perspective. No, we shouldn’t crack down on street vendors. Poor people selling non-drug items to survive is very far from immoral. The city should be ashamed of itself for hassling people’s legitimate attempts to make a living. If you’re selling from a push cart, you should be exempt from business taxes. As far as food safety goes, I’m pretty sure people understand that there’s an element of risk in street food.

Echo Park homeowners feel crowded out by vendors, boo hoo. That’s hardly a Shakespearean tragedy. The street vendors are scraping up rent and food money, let’s have a little perspective.

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