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Regardless of whose side you are on, the other comments make it clear that the City of Mpls is giving away prime downtown real estate to these trucks and getting little in return. I tend to believe that these vendors produce revenue mainly for their own benefit and contribute little in the way of improvements to the areas they occupy for a few hours on sunny, pleasant weekdays to serve mainly "visitors" to the downtown area. Contrast their contributions with those neighborhood restaurants...