City Again To Make Unhealthy Food Healthier

As election day for City Council draws closer, incumbent City Council members are pushing through bills in order to, ah, keep their jobs. Makes sense. Since January, City Council has passed or proposed a blunt-style cigar ban (since thrown out by the courts), a trans fat ban, a bill to help people cross the street, a tour-guide licensing bill and, of course, a bill calling for Don Imus’ firing.

I’m not quite sure how some of those bills got through before this newest one from Councilwoman Carol Campbell, because this one might actually be the best yet. Campbell is proposing doubling the number of times food carts are inspected per year.

“Things don’t always look as clean as they should. They really don’t. I think you have to be concerned about what goes into people’s stomachs.”

Yeah, this is actually pretty much the best thing Council has done all year. (Oh, yea, they passed some sort of bill to guarantee a living wage for certain workers. Bor-ing!) Too bad doubling the number of food truck inspections would make the total number of times food trucks are inspected per year at (all together now) 2.

Eh, I haven’t gotten sick from a cart yet.

City Councilwoman Wants Food Carts Inspected Twice A Year [KYW 1060]