I wish that, when presented with a street closure request by Mr. Cipponeri who sought to completely supplant our non-profit, volunteer Turlock Certified Farmers' Market—time, place, and location—that the Turlock City Council had simply accepted the permit for review and turned it down. Failing that, I wish that during their research into how other cities dealt with market applicants they’d noticed that Requests For Proposals were only used by those that didn’t have a market to begin with, or that had had a “divorce” with one. Cities that have markets generally respect the effort they’ve put in and the benefit they provide, and allow competing markets competing spots—not the pick of a spot already held.