Here's an article written by Dennis Wyatt in today's Manteca Bulletin. It seems that I have irked somebody over comments I made regarding some people in Manteca. When you read it, pay attention to his twisting of my words. MY RESPONSES TO HIS STATEMENTS ARE IN CAPS

http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/38/article/26555/

Perhaps there’s a reason for the moniker ‘starving vendors’
By Dennis Wyatt
Managing Editor dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com 209-249-3519


“They had no money. They all traded in their clunkers and bought new wheels and now they got their cars repossessed. Some of them just walked around and got fatter while others socialized or played with vendor’s items. What else are they going to do? No money here or anyplace else in the valley. Economy is completely shot along 99 from Marysville to the Grapevine. Economically disadvantaged area and people just go through the motions. Tire-kickers, teenagers pushing strollers, overweight welfare moochers.... they’re all there.”


This is what a vendor – who used to sell their wares at the Crossroads Street Fair and Pumpkin Fair – thinks of the people of Manteca.  NOT OF ALL THE PEOPLE.  EXAGERRATION.

The passage is just one of many that is irking Manteca resident Dave Clements. It is posted at www.starvingvendors.com   DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PERSON WOULD EVEN CARE.  SORRY IF I IRKED HIM, BUT HONESTLY CAN YOU FIND HIM SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING IRKED.   IRKING CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.

Where do you begin?

This isn’t even a case of biting the hand that you want to feed you.

It’s utter contempt.

In the world of this vendor if you’re overweight, you’re a welfare moocher.  I NEVER SAID THAT. OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY WELFARE MOOCHERS AND VICE VERSA.

If you’re a teenage pushing a stroller, you’re obviously an unwed mother.  I MENTIONED TEENAGERS PUSHING STROLLERS.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT.  MR WYATT IS ACTUALLY THE ONE CALLING THEM 'UNWED MOTHERS.'  READ WHAT I SAID ABOVE, THEN READ WHAT HE SAID.  PLEASE, DO NOT TWIST MY WORDS AROUND.

If your stuff isn’t what someone is willing to part cash for then you’re a tire kicker.  HUH?  WTF?  HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIRE KICKERS.

If you check out the reviews of other street fairs you will find the most poisonous venom is reserved for Manteca.  THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT I WOULDN'T REFER TO IT AS 'VENOM.' i

Among the other put downs the vendor D&L Creations has about Manteca:

• “Jerry Springer would love this place.”  I CAN PICTURE HIM HAVING HIS SHOW IN MANTECA.  ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE JAMIE OLIVER VISIT YOUR SCHOOLS.  CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HURT..

Perhaps the vendor believes they are a candidate for “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”  EXACTLY WHO IS 'THEY.'  YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE.

• “I’m sure that they enjoyed themselves except for the kids whose parents bad-mouthed them when they asked if they could buy something. Three dollars, people. Come on, get a life.”   DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY.

So I guess those so-called “overweight welfare moochers” don’t waste limited resources on $3 junk.  NOT TOO SURE WHAT THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY ON OTHER THAN FOOD.  LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A CLUE.

• “Manteca must be the Fly Capital of The World.”   WHEN I WAS THERE RECENTLY, THE STREETS WERE SWARMING WITH FLIES. 

Forgive the serfs out in the hinterlands who raise your food for failure to completely control the fly problem that comes from keeping the plates full for the Grey Poupon set.  CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE FLIES WERE CENTERED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA?

Yes, times are economically challenging. But did the vendor ever stop to think the shell jewelry they sell may not be a hot seller in some places?  OUR SHELL JEWELRY WENT OUT OF STYLE FOUR YEARS AGO.  WE HAVE ALWAYS CARRIED OTHER ITEMS, MANY OF WHICH SOLD VERY WELL. SORRY,  I DIDN'T BRING TOO MANY DOLLAR ITEMS TO THE MANTECA SHOWS.

If they really believe this is a place that Jerry Springer would love, perhaps they might want to check his show out again. I don’t think you see very many folks on the program wearing puka shell chip necklaces.  OH GOSH, REALLY.  THIS  COMMENT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.  WHO CARES WHAT THE HECK THEY ARE WEARING?  I DON'T SEE WIFE BEATERS WEARING PUKA SHELL NECKLACES.  THAT'S NO BIG DEAL.  YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO PICK ON ME.

If I recall, I’ve seen the vendors’ creations and they’re not bad. It’s just something I’m not going to shell out money to purchase mainly because I have no desire to own any.  THAT'S FINE WITH ME.  OUR THINGS ARE NICE AND MUCH OF IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR MANY AGE GROUPS AND NATIONALITIES.  I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE SEEN OUR BOOTH AND FOR SOME REASON, I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU THINK WE ONLY SELL NECKLACES.  WE BASICALLY DROPPED OUT OF THAT PRODUCT LINE MANY YEARS AGO, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THEFT.

There might be other folks with the same sentiments. I have - in recent years I might add – dropped a couple of hundred dollars buying original art creations at the Manteca street fairs.   NICE FOR YOU.  THERE ARE MANY FINE ARTISTS AT THE STREET FAIRS IN MANTECA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES' EVENTS.

I can tell you, though, if the vendor I bought from viewed Manteca as the folks from D&L Creations did, I’d never buy a single thing from them again.  FINE, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OWN OPINION.  I MERELY COMMENT ON WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED.    I DO NOT SPEAK FOR OTHER VENDORS, BUT YOU NEED TO FACE REALITY AND REALIZE WHAT A LOT OF VENDORS HAVE TO GO THROUGH.  IT'S TOUGH.  A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE PAY $20 FOR A SPACE AND TAKE ONLY 15 MINUTES TO SET UP.  READ THIS WEBSITE AND YOU WILL SEE THE TRUTH AND THAT, MY FRIEND, WILL SET YOU FREE.  I AM ALMOST DONE WITH A BOOK ABOUT OUR TIMES SELLING AT STREET FAIRS AND I THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT ENLIGHTENING.

That said the overwhelming majority of vendors at both street fairs are cordial and friendly.

You do not see people in Manteca passing judgment on the modern-day version of traveling merchants. Their nomadic way of making a living isn’t ridiculed.  IT'S FUN BUT NONE OF US ARE GETTING RICH. 

Just like the rest of u

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I know that many of us have sold in Manteca and lots of you can agree with what I have said in the past.


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