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Founders Corner Fresh Market - Public Notice

Bureacrat Shuts Down Harmless Farmers Market in St. Petersburg; Invents Fake Law.

For nearly a year now, St. Petersburg Residents have been able to purchase local fresh produce, food and crafts at the “Fresh Market at Founders Corner” in Northeast St. Pete on Fridays and Saturday. But no more, thanks to an arbitrary, lawless decision by the St. Petersburg government. A lone bureaucrat of the City of St. Petersburg, Shane Largent, has taken the law into his own hands and shut down the popular Saturday morning version of the market. His only reason: because he can!  That’s right, there is absolutely nothing in the law that allows the government to shut down or even require a permit for the operation of the popular local attraction. Yet the petty dictator has decided that he can make up law out of thin air to apply to this situation. Thanks to this unjust decision, local market Operator and several local vendors are going to lose…

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