Showing posts with label Restaurant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Restaurant. Show all posts

4/13/2013

Worst Run State in the U.S.? CA Dem Proposes Bill That Will Shutdown Small Restaurants

Posted by Brian

Is this the new face of "authentic" Mexican food restaurants for Californians?
With California tied for the worst unemployment rate in the country (9.6, not counting those who have dropped out of the labor force), Democrat Mark DeSauliner (Concord) has proposed a bill (SB-747) that would require every restaurant to pay for, and conduct "risk assessment" testing on every item on their menu, and provide a "Public Health Impact Report", along with a mitigation plan for any impacts.  The rationale for the bill is to determine if their food "contributes significantly to a significant public health epidemic".
Am I missing something here?  Where are we seeing an "epidemic"of people getting sick and dying from eating out at restaurants? I thought the whole purpose of the our health and safety codes, along with inspections currently in place do that. The "fat epidemic", maybe? We consumers are already deluged with information about calories, fat, trans-fats, salt, and everything else on menus, it is practically overwhelming. The facts to make sensible choices are already there.
There aren't any epidemics! This is another "crisis" created by a politician to steal more money from the people of California.  It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with extortion.  Extortion that will literally put every small restaurant in the state out of business, leaving only the cookie-cutter chain restaurants to survive.
In a state with the largest Hispanic population in the country (14.1 Million), how ironic (and sad) will it be to have Taco Bell be representative of "authentic" Mexican food?

CALIFORNIA BILL COULD SHUT DOWN SMALL RESTAURANTS
by WARNER TODD HUSTON  10 Apr 2013

The State of California has one of the worst proposals of any legislature in the country this year with a new bill that would force every restaurant and food service business in the state to commission an expensive "risk assessment" test for every menu item.

Such a test could cost thousands of dollars for every food item sold. This outrageous and cost prohibitive testing would certainly cause all but the biggest chain restaurants to go out of business almost instantly.
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2/14/2013

The Littlest Dictator: Bloomberg's New Target is Styrofoam

Posted by Brian

Self-appointed health Nazi Michael Bloomberg is at it again.  Not content with his edicts to ban trans-fats in restaurants, sodas larger than 16 ounces, or smoking in public parks, the little dictator has set his sights on his next personal pet peeve - Styrofoam.
The fact that restaurants and eateries all over the city would have to switch to other, more expensive means of providing "to-go" containers matter not to an arrogant little piece of crap like Bloomturd.  Overtaxed, over-regulated New Yorkers will of course go along with the associated increases to their ever-rising cost of living in the "Big Apple", as businesses will be forced to either raise their prices or begin charging for the to-go containers to maintain their shrinking profit margins.
The man who mounted an air conditioning unit into the window of his limousine has, like all statists, the 'Do as I say' condescending attitude for dealing with his subjects, saying "the doggie bag will survive just fine".
Yes. But, at what cost, Nanny Bloomberg?

Styrofoam Is Next Target for Nanny Bloomberg

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff February 14, 2013 11:58 am

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will deliver his State of the City address today at Brooklyn’s new Barclay Center. The mayor is looking to solidify his reputation as “Nanny Bloomberg” in his final address with a slew of proposed regulations, including a ban on Styrofoam.
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