Farmer's Market tarps gone

[My 2 cents]

Good one Snorkle.

Mayor makes a statement:

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...rs-market/

The information out there regarding the closure of the Farmer’s Market in Hilo is so wrong and misleading that it prompts this open response. The public should know of truth...

One of the biggest issues that has been raised is the timing, right before Merry Monarch. Harry doesn't address this. Does this mean that the the information out there is correct, the speculation that the timing was strategic?

Many of the code violations listed were minor, but this one is a killer:

• No setbacks between tents and property boundary. Temporary structures are required to have a 10 foot setback from the property boundaries and 10 foot spacing between tents.

Even without doing the math it is easy to see that that this condition would eliminate between half and two thirds of the vendors, and of course the rents would have to double or triple to make up the difference.