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VOLUME IX, ISSUE III thefineprintmag.org SPRING 2017 FREE Marginalized communities look to to arm themselves in greater numbers, p. 27 Gainesville's first medical marijuana dispensary is now open, p. 20 from the EDITORIAL DESK n searching for inspiration for this editor’s letter, I found myself looking back at editor’s letters fromI several issues ago. farmer’s markets help os cushion our Most are introductions (a timid budget, sustaining ourselves on scraps hello from a new editor) and some are while putting in maximum time goodbye’s from editors after a long (or and effort just isn’t going to cut it. I short) stint on the board. After pouring hope for us to garner more donations, over several issues and iterations, I more community support and obtain found myself smiling, recalling all the national funding — something we’re setbacks and struggles from each issue ineligible for right now. I was lucky to be a part of. Gainesville needs an institution Published with support from the Gainesville I don’t want to send off my last that values long-form journalism. A community. Donate to keep The Fine Print in editor’s letter talking about all the publication that covers the underdogs memories I’ve had with The Fine Print print at thefineprintmag.org/donate. (M.A.M.A.’s club), rehashes Florida’s over the past four years. Instead, I Editor-in-Chief shameful history (Rosewood), and want to leave you all with a glimmer brings it back to pressing current issues Senior Editor of what (I hope) will be in the not- Sarah Senfeld (medical marijuana and gun control). too-distant future: Official non-profit Heck, North Florida needs it. Molly Minta incorporation. 501(c)-dom. With enough support and funding, Print Editors Sirene Dagher My vision for The Fine Print is I envision something bigger for this Michael Holcomb a sustainable one. One where we little paper. I hope you do, too. Jordanne Laurito can afford to work in our own office Vincent McDonald space, and not take up tables at the To help us financially, visit our Maddie Ngo website and donate. To help us in Photo Director Ali Sundook local coffee shop or cram into a living other ways, pass on this issue to a room. One where staffers can get paid Sean Doolan friend, coworker or stranger and help Art Directors and investigations can be funded. One us tell our stories. Shannon Nehiley where we can commission artists for Creative Ingrid Wu their time and work. Writing Editor While benefit shows and weekly Helen Stadelmaier WINTER 2017 FREE Copy Editors thefineprintmag.org VOLUME IX, ISSUE II Anne Marie Tamburro Web Editors Molly Minta In 2013, Marion County residents began to receive letters from Sabal Trail Transmission. Social Media Sarah Senfeld Now, they’ve made it their mission to save their land, and stop Sabal Trail. Director Some of the terms in this article need context. To help you follow along, highlighted words are definied in a glossary at the end. RISE David Rosenow AGAINST STORY AND PHOTOS BY MOLLY MINTA Page Designers e companies behind against a behemoth. Th Molly Minta THE the pipeline have money and clout withThe state small town rst step in the governments; if the pipeline is going to be natural gas pipeline and compressor station. stopped, activists need more peopleactivists to get protesting Maddie Ngo e letters were part of the fi involved and pay attention. Th “The whole neighborhood has changed,e pipeline MACHINEprocess of getting a pipeline approved. Florida’s DAPL, haplin Dinkin opened Dinkin’s Only landowners within 600 feet of the everything has changed” said Kathy Lanep. 31 Sarah Senfeld Service Store in 1926, the same pipeline received a letter, so not many people Iozzi, a resident of Dunnellon. Th year U.S. Route 41 was completed in Dunnellon are aware of it. But the ones will run under her driveway. “Trees are being C who are fear it could completely disrupt their cut down, and there’s nothing anyone else Anne Marie Tamburro in Dunnellon, Fla. In its prime, the store ght.” way of life. can do. But, I’m sorry, I wasn’t raised to go MISSION smelled of sweet feed, hay and incense. e pipeline will pass within a mile of down without a fi Th esistance to Sabal Trail began in Chicks would chirp behind thee white store. paint has Dinkin’s, like many stores along the the Rainbow River; residentsocks fear ofthat tourists. if it Georgia. STATEMENT The pipeline, a joint venture of Our mission is to serve the Gainesville community route, closed years ago. Th leaks the water will no longer be the clear aquamarine that brings fl R faded, and its four gas pumps have long run three energy companies — Duke, Spectra, The marquee out front is now an empty And the drilling necessary to construct dry. and NextEra — begins in Alabama, where it by providing an independent outlet for political, metal frame. For 70 years, Dunnellon’s it is cause for concern: last November, a section of the pipeline leaked into Georgia’s connects to an existing network of pipelines, Visit our site for multimedia and economy ran on phosphate mining and e city Withlacoochee River. Environmentalists also and directs natural gas through a series of production, until companies discovered in e pipeline will pass underground pipes to its endpoint, a Duke social and arts coverage through local, in-depth 1966 they could mine for a cheaper, lower- fear drilling into the porous Florida bedrock will create sinkholes. Th Energy power plant in Florida. grade version elsewhereoat afterin Florida. their desertion;Th Florida and tsAlabama from the will pipeline both fromnet under agricultural lands; farmers who burn more stories.PLUS! Comment led for bankruptcy. struggled to stay afl economic benefi reporting. their crops for fertilization fear explosions. in 2013 it nearly fi the jobs created by the power plants. But But Dunnellon, nestled betweenHow two state Gainesville’s It will go within rave a mile ofscene Dunnellon came High to an end in the ‘90s, p. 18 the same can’t be said for Georgia: there, parks and bisected by the clear, 72-degree School and Dunnellon Middle School and run parallel to the only road residents canrst three- use the pipeline merely passes through — that on stories, see photos from the water of Rainbow River, always had its ux is, under — the state. Local landowners and physical beauty. No longer a boomtown, to access them. WORK WITH US In February, the city opened its fi state representatives argued that Georgia the city turned to ecotourism and farming, . If the story hotel, built to accommodate the infl had nothing to gain from the pipeline but which have sustained it ever since. Today, sinkholes, contaminated rivers and pollution Dunnellon’s population is mostly composed of tourists the river brings each year. As most industrial compressor stations printed issue (and more!) IN Fill out our staff application available on our of the residents live in one-story mobile from the of ranchers and farmers, and its Halpata- pipeline had to be built, they wanted Sabal Tastanaki Preserve is a popular destination homes, the three-story building is a big deal. Meanwhile, in August 2016 the pipeline was Trail to consider a new route, one that didn’t website at thefineprintmag.org/workwithus. for horseback riders. During the summer, cially approved by the federal government put the pipeline through environmentally COLOR. Flip through a digital c along the Rainbow River’s drop-off offi filed a lawsuit in traffi protected lands and a historically African points can be backed up for close to an hour. and is plannede Sierrato be Clubcompleted in May of Months before the town considered this year. Th e letters bankruptcy in 2013, residents of DunnellonTh September, 2016, and protests are ongoing version of the printed edition and FREELANCE SUBMISSIONS began to receive letters from a company across the state, but activists are working called Sabal Trail Transmission. were an introduction and explained why the The Fine Print accepts freelance writing, company was coming to the area: to build a much, much more, all updated photography and illustration. Submissions should throughout the month. be sent to [email protected]. ADVERTISING The Fine Print distributes 5,000 copies of each 02 quarterly issue and is currently looking for |THE FINE PRINT| advertisers. For more information, email ads@ @thefineprintmag thefineprintmag.org. thefineprintmag.org DISCLAIMER The Fine Print reserves the right to deny or accept the publication of articles or advertisements according to the decisions of its editorial board. The views of our writers do not necessarily express those of The Fine Print. IN THIS ISSUE Cover art by Ingrid Wu. COLUMNS Monthly Manifesto, p. 05 Read up, Chow Down, p. 08 Homestead Instead, p. 14 The organization behind Gainesville's Tamal brings street-style Mexican food Natural bodily functions shouldn't break sanctuary city movement. to Gainesville. the bank. Opinion, p. 06 Simply Science, p. 12 Art & Literature, p. 34 Journalism needs to go beyond fact- The efforts to bring back Florida's Poetry by Heather Starratt & Claudia checking Trump's administration. orchids population. Conger. Photo by Madisyn Alberry. SPOTLIGHTS M.A.M.A.'s Got It Goin' On, p. 16 Smoke and Mirrors, p. 20 A new space for art, activism and events Do you qualify for a medical marijuana needs help opening its doors. card? Partners in Crime, p. 18 Trial and Error, p. 22 UF's food service provider has a shady past The pathway to citizenship is long and wind- with state prisons.