That contrast among the items might be there as well, but I didn’t see a difference in how the items were paid for. Maybe it’s worth a second look. In any event, the explanation given by councilmember Higgins was that the farmers market item involved city-owned land, but the other two do not.

To generate more interest in the future, perhaps there’ll have to be prizes. Or perhaps not everyone embraces the label of “geek,” even when embedded in the wonderfully alliterative phrase, “government geek.”