Posted on 01/26/2010 10:14:19 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
Travel along a two-block stretch of Central Avenue in Prince George's County, and you'll find a staggering 11 fast-food restaurants.
For community activist Arthur Turner and state Sen. David C. Harrington (D-Prince George's), the strip is evidence of the proliferation of burger joints and Chinese takeouts in the county, especially in poorer, inner Capital Beltway communities.
Pointing to studies that rank Prince George's residents among the least healthy in Maryland, Turner and Harrington want to limit new fast-food restaurants in the county, a far stricter approach than what has been enacted in such places as New York City and Montgomery County, which banned the use of trans fats in those establishments.
Turner and Harrington say they are concerned that the restaurants contribute to high occurrences of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease and have taken separate paths to deal with the issue.
Turner is negotiating with individual developers, and Harrington has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that would impose a moratorium on issuing licenses to new fast-food businesses.
"Our county is inundated with unhealthy food choices," Turner said. "In some areas, if someone wants a healthy choice, there are no options. We want healthy options in our community."
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Proceed to buy up your competitors one by one, and pretty soon you're a burger oligarch. :D
More nanny state BS when are these people going to stop electing them?
“For community activist Arthur Turner....”
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“Community activist = talentless sh!t disturber.
Not to mention race and class warfarist, AKA as a destructive, useless commie.
Healthy option: Don't eat there......................
"Turner, who said he thinks the access to french fries has contributed to his weight struggle."
(Perhaps I should make this my new tagline...)
“He who will not rule himself will be ruled by another.”
These petty tyrants would get nowhere with their liberty-grabs were it not for people who (A) would like to be healthy, but (B) refuse to restrain their appetites. Such people are ripe to be ruled over.
With those little ice cream cone thingies…
I love my Chinese takeout joint! Peanut oil, no MSG. Squid and veggies in black bean sauce? Yeah!
"Healthy option: Don't eat there"
However, for your option to work it would require personal responsibility and sound decision making. We can't risk that.
"you don't want to put citizens at risk to make poor decisions," he said.
Mr. Harrington, btw, has several chins. He does not look as though he afraid of food.
It's those diabolical french fries that are committing all those crimes and destroying their economy. Wouldn't you know the French were behind this.
Their next program will be an all out effort to stop the hamburglar.
NO POPEYES NO PEACE!
“Turner, who said he thinks the access to french fries has contributed to his weight struggle.”
I was once addicted to french fries and super big gulps.
I gained a load of weight.
I lived RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from a Burger King and right next to a McDonalds.
Rather then blame the businesses for my weight gain, I QUIT EATING THERE, began eating healthy and hit the gym.
This was ten years ago.
This Turner guy is an excellent example of the differences between the left and right.
Conservatives take control of their lives while the left will forever blame everyone else for their failures.
Belgian endive!
Chinese diet very healthy...........................
If people let government decide what foods they eat
and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon
be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who
live under tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
I am going to label you “not a team player”. He just wants to solve his chin problem through shared sacrifice.
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