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Scene report: Trouble for vendors along Barton Springs Road
As I was making my way down Barton Springs Road today around 2 p.m., there were fewer vendors than normal. Turns out some city employees were patrolling the streets and shutting down the operations of people who did not have the proper permits.
At least one business had rented out its road-fronting parking spaces to vendors, and they too were told to stop until the proper permits were required.
I didn’t talk to the officials doing the closing, so I don’t know if the crackdown has come as a result of the neighborhood association or C3 intervening or the city simply deciding to play hard ball.
It will be interesting to see if the usual assortment of food, glassware and beverage vendors line the streets this evening as they have in years past.
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