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01-25-2006, 01:40 AM #1
Flea market tangled in red tape
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Flea market tangled in red tape
Permit confusion has shoppers, vendors at Pleasant Valley gathering place worried.
By Jeremy Schwartz
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The aroma of barbacoa and carnitas tacos floats through the crisp morning air as the vendors begin displaying their wares: a riot of Mexican soccer shirts, cowboy boots, used electronics and cheap jeans. In a corner, someone squeezes a few notes from a glittering red accordion at a music booth.
"This is a Mexican tradition," said Filiberto Argote, a native of Monterrey, Nuevo León, who runs a stall with his wife selling clothes. The people who shop here "feel like they're at home."
Since opening about five years ago, the flea market on Pleasant Valley Road has become a thriving Austin tradition as well. For the largely immigrant population filling the legion of apartment complexes off Riverside Drive in Southeast Austin, the flea market â€â€Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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