Farmer's Market tarps gone

[Carey]

Rather than "feeling for" the vendors, why doesn't Keith DeLaCruz put the money Keith DeLaCruz has been paid for over 3 decades & really show that he means it when he says; "I love Hilo and I love the people here and I love what I do".
At this point, I see that what he does is collect fees & does NOT reinvest it in Hilo!
Keith DeLaCruz has been toying with a permanent market design for over a decade....
Over a decade ago, there were plans that DeLaCruz paraded to the media, DBA, Envision 2025....
He has strung Hilo & his vendors on, while taking 33yrs of fees & providing little in return for his vendors or the public...
Think of the income the Hilo Farmers Market vendor fees have generated for DeLaCruz with very little overhead supplied for the fees...

Hilo Farmers Market has taken over 3 decades to provide not much more than the "FEMA special" tarps that leak in the Hilo rain. Think of the income generated by the vendor fees over 33 years, yet the main investment has been leaky tarps & a puddle ridden gravel area..
I do not see his lack of action as the proper way to show love for Hilo, the people here, but only a love of what he does -collecting money!