I attended this meeting as a young farmer and former market vendor.  I went to say the farmer's market is a vast asset to Lane County which should be invested in and grown, an opportunity for economic development.

But the interests of the Farmer's Market were obviously least important to the County staffers, while Judge Rasmussen whined at length, with much dramatic neck gesturing, about the County's "secret and confidential" security list, and his ideas on the latter day disrespect of the court system which he supposes could be dispelled with a new edifice imposing enough to dispense justice in. 

I suspect also that Rasmussen doesn't blink at imposing cruel punishments under inane laws either, so long as the shock and awe of ridiculously arbitrary, politicized justice serves to stroke the authoritarian ego of the court. 

Apparantly the court frowns upon "Large unrelated gatherings in close proximity to the courthouse." No evil farmer's markets. Will the power tripping ever end?