European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse , a amps Kathy Platt a venetian shop offers local delicacies. Limits of the territory decreed by Taw. Quot the setters have constantly abused these Laws Quot Navaretto said Quot so that now they Block the View of the in 1991, a new Law proclaimed Vendor free zones arid established places away from Piazza san Marco where the Barrows could be parked. And in october 1992, some of the venetian Barrows were obliged to move away from the Piazza san Marco and closer to the doge s pal Ace the re another collision occurred because one Vendor said the gondoliers did not want the paddlers on their tourist Rich turf by the Waterside. That left the Barrows to occupy a kind of Twilight zone Between Piazza and Lagoon. Quot the reason it has happened now Quot Navaretto said Quot is that the whole situation has become More aggravated Over the course of the Issue is not confined to Venice either. Ronchey s 5as Kathy Platt Quot Carnevalo Quot masks Are an easily found souvenir in Venice. Spokeswoman in Rome said the bomb explosion in May near Florence s uffizi gallery introduced a Security consideration so vendors Barrows were barred from some parts of that City too leading to demonstrations and hunger strikes among the paddlers. The result is a standoff of the kind that might be expected in a country where old City states tend to hold the upstart Central government a a Bare 120 years old a in Low esteem. Ronchey has decreed that the Barrows be moved his spokeswoman said but the local authority has declined to enforce the edict fully. If they did enforce it said another Vendor who identified Hirr self Only As Maurizio Quot i would have to turn to robbery to make a but did t some people think that that was the vendors Trade already Quot no no Quot Maurizio said with a knowing Grin. Quot i mean real Sas Kathy Platt Graffiti adorn a Wall of the off i in Florence where merchants have also been barred from setting up shop. December 23, 1993 stripes Magazine 9
