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Pat Springdale sits behind her desk. In front of her is a very nervous Joe. JOE: Thank you for seeing me, Pat -- Miss Springdale. PAT SPRINGDALE: Oh, Pat's fine. Thank you. JOE: Thank you for seeing me, Pat. PAT SPRINGDALE: How can I help you? JOE: You know we are street vendors, right? PAT SPRINGDALE: Yes. JOE: Well, there are some people who want to shut us down. PAT SPRINGDALE: Shut you down? JOE: Yes. They say we make the neighborhood dangerous. PAT SPRINGDALE: That's crazy. JOE: I know. PAT SPRINGDALE: But I don't understand. What can I do to help? JOE: You are a reporter. Right, Pat? PAT SPRINGDALE: Yes, I am. Joe and Silvia collect signatures from random people on the street. JOE: Come up and sign the petitions. Street vendors need your help. Please support your local street vendors. Thank you very much. Next to Joe, a CAMERA MAN cues PAT SPRINGDALE CAMERA MAN: Rolling! PAT SPRINGDALE: Market Street has long been a place where people go to do their shopping. They buy their flowers, their jewelry, even that cold glass of lemonade. But today, it's a street where vendors are asking people to sign petitions. TOSHOMBE: Sign the petition. Thank you very much for supporting us. PAT SPRINGDALE: What have the merchants been doing to you? SILVIA: They want to shut down our stands. And they say that we're a problem to the community. And we've never had a problem with anyone. PAT SPRINGDALE: How do you feel about all of this? BOB: Who is this Mrs. Vargas? Someone should tell her she's wrong. She doesn't even know us. Mrs. Vargas, Anna, Tshombe and a few other vendors stand in front of the storefront. PAT SPRINGDALE: Some of the store owners complain that you're doing illegal things. What do you have to say about that? TSHOMBE: We are doing nothing illegal and no one has ever complained to us. All we want to do is sell our goods. PAT SPRINGDALE: (asking Anna) Have the vendors been a problem? Anna isn't sure whether she should answer or not. Finally Ms. Vargas grabs the microphone. MRS. VARGAS: They are a HUGE problem. They're loud and they even sell drugs. We merchants just want a safe place to do business. TSHOMBE: We don't sell drugs. That's a lie. Plus, the street does not belong to you. It belongs to all of us. MRS. VARGAS: (indicating with her hands) The sidewalk in front of my store belongs to me. TSHOMBE: (to camera) It's not hers. They continue to argue. PAT SPRINGDALE: Tomorrow, the future of these street vendors will be decided. When both sides present their cases to the City Council. I'm Pat Springdale reporting live from Market Street. TSHOMBE: Support the street vendors. Sign our petition. Thank you, sir. Support the street vendors. Sign our petition. Support the street vendors... Joe takes a completed signature sheet from the clipboard and replaces it with an empty sheet. He puts the completed sheet in a folder. Anna approaches. JOE: Thank you very, very much. That's five hundred signatures. ANNA: Hi. JOE: Hi ANNA: Can I sign the petition? JOE: You want to sign the petition? ANNA: Yeah... JOE: Great! Here you go. Joe hands her the clipboard - Mrs. Vargas makes a loud noise and faints. People crowd around. Joe runs to Mrs. Vargas leaving Anna holding the petition clipboard. JOE: What was that? Stay right here. I'll be right back. (TO MRS. VARGAS) Mrs. Vargas, are you all right? TSHOMBE: Are you okay? Are you okay? JOE: Are you okay, Mrs. Vargas? TSHOMBE: Are you okay? JOE: Mrs. Vargas MRS. VARGAS: Yes! Yes, I'm fine. Get away from me. Joe gets up and looks in Anna's direction. She's gone with the petitions. Outside the meeting hall, Tshombe and Silvia wait. They are upset. TSHOMBE: I can't believe this. No one is here. Where are the people from the community? Did you tell them to come? BOB: I told them. Everyone will be here. TSHOMBE: Where is Sylvia and the rest of the vendors? BOB: They're already inside. TSHOMBE: Okay. What about the petitions? Where are they? We need them. If we don't have them, we don't have a case. BOB: Joe has them. Don't worry.
