devils in trinidad

{Sarah}

When the Fourth of July came around, rather than celebrating with fireworks or parades, Sheena and I got up at 6 am to go into work and interview illegal vendors. We we in charge of approximately 10 people and all 12 of us went to different illegal vending hotspots in the city to interview and compile information about the vendors. We ended up finding about 75 illegal vendors, though there are certainly more that simply come at different times or on different days. It is for this population that we are creating a secondary market, but this population will present certain challenges. Many of the vendors sell food items or pirated cd’s. These vendors will vehemently opposed being grouped together because it will hurt their business, and consumers would be unhappy with this as well because the entire point of doubles and cd vendors is that you can buy their goods while going about your daily business. To solve this problem, I have considered creating several small markets spread out throughout the city. This would keep vendors and customers happier, but would be a greater problem for the municipal government to patrol all these areas. Compliance officers would have to travel every day instead of just patrolling one block. Selling this idea will be hard, but when sustainability comes into play, it seems the best option for the market.