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Small business owner urges council to allow tents at city events after being excluded
Summary
A longtime Lathrop food vendor told council she was barred from city events this year because the city will only permit food trailers and not tent-based vendors, and she asked the council to reconsider for small operators who rely on tents.
During the Citizens Forum, Diedra (Dietrich) Cotton, owner of Chevelle Southern Catfish, told the Lathrop City Council she was excluded from two Lathrop events this year because staff would not allow tent-based vendors and insisted on trailers for food service.
"I come with my own insurance. I come with all the permits in order to operate out of a tent," Cotton said. She…
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