Midland, Michigan SperlingViews

lived here all my life-im only still here because its my roots and birth place and im familar with midland being here 54 yaers,midland is yes a very snobbish town allways has been-and its city policys do discriminate against equal employment and opportunity,there is no place better to see this then in the food vendoring buissness-if your a lincensed vendor pay your insurence and perments and lincense fee,your second class and 95% of time ignored and pushed aside and not allowed to opperate-for food vendors at midland county fairground and fourth of july events are for the elitest and buissness owners other wise your son your daughter or yourself are denied access to theese events even though you have all qaulifications and the right-buissnes owners of big stores make sure city hall and chamber of commerce keep u out-so nexst time your at the fairgrounds just remember those folks are store owners being given special privilage and injunction with city hall make sure public never gets a chance to opperrate as a food vendor at theese events-and even when u fight your way in they play dirty and give u a location where theres no buissness-so this one of midlands dirty little secrets-the fair food vendors are local buissness owners or connected to by family members-same fourth of july event-special prilligae vendors are given the location at the fouth of july public person indenpent from buissness foundation are given verey poor location to do buissness-so remember when u visit the county fair and are ready to buy from a food vendor-you are denied that right-it belongs to the elitest of midland-even though you have paid all your dues-you as a citizen will be denied as a food vendor and if u push and fight your way in-you will be harrased by city inspectors-when u inquire and check into theese fairgrounds food vendors u will find there all connected with buissness,s in the city of midland-this gives insight to what politics of midland are

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