Three members of the Long Beach City Council, a majority, are leaning towards defunding the Farmers Market or restricting it to the point where it is destined to fail. We, the undersigned, support councilmembers Mark Perez and Del Murry in their fight to continue funding for the Farmers Market and their use of food vendors (like the Kite Festival does). We support our Farmers Market as a community treasure and an American tradition.