7/30/2008

Possibly the government could just check whether people are poor before they let them enter a restaurant

From the AP:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity.
Nearly three-quarters of the restaurants in South L.A. are fast-food outlets. That's a higher percentage than other parts of the city but the restaurant industry says the moratorium won't help bring in alternatives.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

"All poor people will be assigned minders. Minders will keep their poor people collared and leashed at all times to ensure food control laws are properly obeyed. This law is not patronizing or condescending!"

7/31/2008 11:19 AM  

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