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10-26-08, 10:59 AM
Here's a program to get poor farmworkers bicycle transportation. Some of us would disagree about the bikes representing fewer options, but the towns in Florida are spread out. Seville is near a large fern growing area near Deland. Immokalee and Belle Glade are in the south where they grow winter vegetables and sugar cane.
"It's a solution for farmworkers who can't afford a car, and for anti-immigrant laws that prohibit driver's licenses for undocumented workers," Garzon said.
"We are against car culture, so it's great to fix the bikes up for people who don't even have the privilege to say 'we don't want to drive,' " she said.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newWEST01102608.htm
"It's a solution for farmworkers who can't afford a car, and for anti-immigrant laws that prohibit driver's licenses for undocumented workers," Garzon said.
"We are against car culture, so it's great to fix the bikes up for people who don't even have the privilege to say 'we don't want to drive,' " she said.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newWEST01102608.htm