[MarignyBywater] Fwd: Taco Truck

[Matthew Keller]

.....a Taco Truck as a quality of life issue? You might want to get
out and experience some things in New Orleans, besides complaining
about something as mundane as a small business that is thriving. Baaad
things happen every day in the Triangle, and a Taco truck isn't one of
them by a long shot. It is the responsibility of the customers to
clean up after themselves first and foremost, and it is curt and smug
to assume the owner wouldn't address this issue if confronted about it
amicably. He is a nice guy, I know personally.

Here's the deal; the issue is right in front of your face, with real
people. Don't deal with it in a passive-aggressive way. Rallying an
e-mob via newsletter is not the right thing to do. I would be a lot
more concerned with the vagrants and punks hanging out a block away in
front of The John, and that sketchy tattoo parlor/heroin den. They are
a real problem, and have hurt property value much more than a burrito
propriator. And, Frenchmen is littered with trash every night from the
debauchery. Why are you targeting the Taco Truck? I think a small
business thriving there with bright lights keeps the neighborhood
safer. And, it's the only food option in the neighborhood past 10pm
other than Gene's, 13, and Mardi Gras Zone....not even going to get
into that one.

Viva Taco Truck!!

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM, karl barrett<kigung at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: karl barrett <kigung at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:11 PM
> Subject: Taco Truck
> To: marignybywater-request <marignybywater-request at marigny.org>
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> There is a quality of life issue I am hoping someone can help solve. Every
> Friday and Saturday night a taco truck sets up at the corner of Frenchmen
> and Royal street, in the 700 block of Frenchmen. The problem is that the
> taco truck patrons drop trash all along the Frenchmen and Royal sidewalks
> bordering Washington square, and toss it into the park. The driver does not
> pick up the trash. Even if he did pick up every piece of trash, which he
> wont, how is this fair to anyone on Frenchmen paying rent, property taxes,
> employee costs, and trash pick up? There are plenty of spaces available for
> development on Frenchmen for a new business. Also, the "van" has no tags or
> plates, what's up with that? If you lived in the 700 block would you want
> food trash and the rats it attracts in front of your home? If this guy has
> paid someone off or he is related to a local politico, could he at least be
> moved into the 600 block so you can make your street cleaner clean up his
> mess? Thanks All
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