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Madison Food Truck Operator Feels Opponents Trying to 'Bully' Him
The Madison resident says he's received inappropriate messages on social media.
The Taqueria Cinco food truck has been in Madison year round, and now its owner claims some are trying to “bully” him out of Madison, reports Sarah Page Kyrcz for the New Haven Register.
Everyone by now knows the appearance of food trucks in Madison has been more than a year long controversy.
Taqueria Cinco Owner Nicolas Carvente told the Register that after a protest against food trucks a few week ago in Madison he received some unwanted comments on social media.
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In one message, it stated “Mexican food sucks,” and that his multi-colored truck “may not fit in a old New England town.”
Carvente told the Register he feels like he’s being targeted because his truck has been the only one in Madison throughout the whole year.
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First Selectman Fillmore McPherson told the Register that overwhelmingly Madison residents support the food trucks.
This latest food truck news comes on the heels of a Match 8 protest where about 20 people from the ‘Friends of the Village Committee’ protested the food trucks being allowed to operate on School Street, reports the New Haven Register.
The protesters stood near the lone truck doing business, Taqueria Cinco.
They held signs stating “Move Trucks to Commercial,” and that was the gist of their argument.
Protesters say the trucks belong in a commercial area, and not the historic location where they are now, the Register reports.
One protester was worried that Madison could lose its special tourism status because commercial businesses are not supposed to operate in that area. All of the protesters made it clear that they have nothing personal against the food truck operators.
Despite the protest, more than 87 percent of residents, according to survey results, support the location of the food trucks. And as the weather improves more will be back in Madison.
Read the full New Haven Register story here.
The Madison food truck saga:
About a dozen residents attended a Madison Board of Selectmen meeting in November asking the selectmen to rescind their Sept. 22 decision allowing food truck vendors to operate on the visible north side of School Street, the Madison Source reported at that time.
Opponents at the meeting said the location of the food trucks conflicted with the character of the town and belonged in a more commercial location.
The selectmen took no action on the comments, the paper reports.
According to the New Haven Register, due to concerns about the trucks disturbing the image of downtown, they were moved to Academy Street this summer.
Vendors complained about their business suffering at the Academy Street location and the board of selectmen voted to allow them to continue operating at the School Street location for an additional two weeks on Sept. 8.
On Sept. 22, the Board of Selectmen voted to permanently move the food trucks back to their original location on the north side of School Street.
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