Quotes of the day

There is a guy I am trying to get to testify at the upcoming hearing on the Florida Market--which has been changed to Friday October 20th, but I don't know the details yet.

He makes sandwiches and fresh squeezed orange juice at some local farmers markets, and he is a customer of various Florida Market vendors, buying food at wholesale, selling it retail. Exactly the kind of example of many of the businesses that would get wiped out by changing the Florida Market, and chucking the wholesale aspect. Otherwise, the nearest wholesale market is in Jessup, Maryland, and it is much less oriented to the microbusiness.

Quote #1

I'm Italian and we believe in hell. Deep down there, in the lowest circle--that's where I put developers
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Note: personally I like some developers. But I understand his point. Because for most, it's all about money, and not about beauty and quality of life.
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Quote #2

They build these townhouses, on land that had been farms or fields. Cookie-cutter buildings that could be anywhere. They uproot trees. Next to the townhouses they put bushes, bushes so pathetic even dogs won't piss on them...


I hope when he testifies he controls his passion a bit... but not too much. Focused passion is what civic engagement is all about.

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