finally a defeat for urban fast "food" industry (Read 1459 times)

Me, too! Now get some dadgum work done. MTA: Mmmm. Beer and chicken wings.

Some kinds of commercial enterprises are no longer cost effective in the city. I have a good friend who works for Organic Valley Foods. (I was pimping his "I love milk" song back around election day). His parents owned a city grocery and it is now passed down to his brother. There are only a few of them left. It becomes more cost effective to run grocery stores on major freeway exits or in suburban mega stores. We all know that eating fresh is among the healthiest ways to eat. But if it becomes very inconvenient to get regular fresh food, then the temptations to supply you and your family with cheap and accessible calories becomes even greater. Too bad there is not a tax break for a produce market. Our government is somewhat involved in encouraging businesses to be located where people live and in providing access to those jobs. The government also tries to step in and make sure people don't lose heat in their homes. But pretty much the most basic need of the human species is food. It does seem like society as a whole would get a huge return on the investment if there was a way to make eating healthier a more attractive option. I don't have all the answers... I'm just a liberal who thinks the free market system could use a little push. Cash as the sole motivator isn't always the best thing for everyone.

Unless someone is shoving a piece of fried chicken down someone's throat, I have no problem with Churches opening a restaurant (a legal enterprize) anywhere it is lawfully zoned. I would propose that the organizers of this protest put their effort into creating a more healthy choice for the residents so they may exercise their free will in choosing what THEY want to eat. I'm very uncomfortable with people limiting free (legal) will and it comes across as elitist.

And as I read the article, it wasnt about poor only having poor food choices that they objected to as much as their neighborhood getting yet another set of minimum wage dead end jobs and turning their neighborhood into the sort of place that would only attract OTHER minimum wage dead end jobs. The point was to sacrifice a few jobs now in the hopes of building something with a brighter future to attract better jobs in their neighborhood.

I missed this quote earlier. I know some of these people who organized the opposition.

Dude, where'd your prior SlowFoodFolks link go? Are they working with rural communities to keep Dairy Queen out? I hope not cause I like Oreo Blizzards. modal (who is currently thinking about opinions expressed here blended with stereotypes of mountain people and those in the boonies)

I love McDonalds - it's called moderation. I think it is terrible that most of you are rooting for a business to be shut down. If you dont want to eat it then dont eat it. Whatever happened to common sense and responsibility for one's actions. McDonalds made me FAT!!! NO NO NO, you made yourself fat from eating too much McDonalds.

I love McDonalds - it's called moderation. I think it is terrible that most of you are rooting for a business to be shut down. If you dont want to eat it then dont eat it. Whatever happened to common sense and responsibility for one's actions. McDonalds made me FAT!!! NO NO NO, you made yourself fat from eating too much MCDonalds.

Dude, go back and read the article. Common sense and responsibility means creating the sort of community that you would like to live in. That's what the people were doing--taking PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Your version of personal responsibility is pretty thin if all it demands is not eating too much.

Dude, are all of those fast food restaurants keeping the people down in that area? Is it their fault? How is that? Maybe if their parents took their responsibilty as a parent serious then they would know better then to eat that crap everyday. So seriously, answer my questions - how does living near fast food restaurants hold you down or make you fat against your will?????

How do you know what the experience of the people in that community is? Obviously, they didn't want another fast food place and so they decided to work to make what they want happen. What's wrong with that? This is democracy: people getting together to make some changes in their local community. Changes that they wanted. Now you want to say that they shouldn't have wanted those changes? Weird.

Lessee, it would have given maybe 5 people jobs in the restaurant and several nurses at the local ED jobs treating the increase in heart attacks. Opening a porn shop in your neighborhood would also be a legitimate business that would employ people. Would you be in favor of that?