1.0 link 233649 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/wrigley-field-vendor-ban_n_233649.html [Ald. Tom] Tunney has said he wants to ban vendors and street performers from the blocks surrounding Wrigley Field because they pose a "public safety" problem - an absurd premise to begin with. But in a closed-door meeting he kept reporters out of, he admitted his real motivation was to protect standing businesses in the area from competition

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