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AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO BAN BBQ RESTAURANTS
iamatexan.com ^
| July 25, 2015
Posted on 07/28/2015 10:13:44 AM PDT by PROCON
If this resolution passes, we would be forced to close or move. It would destroy Austin barbecue. says Aaron Franklin, owner of Franklins BBQ in Austin.
Austin, Texas has long been a destination for Americans of all stripes in their quest to find the best barbecue in the nation.
However, if the Austin City Council gets their way, food tourism may soon be a thing of the past.
Austin City Council members passed a preliminary plan in April to put restrictions on smoke from barbeque restaurants. Some Austin residents complain of the barbecue smoke saying they cant enjoy their homes they purchased before some of these restaurants moved in.
The city councils current proposal will require smoke diffusers and will also limit the amount of time that restaurants can smoke. These restrictions will require at least $100,000 in extra investments for most barbecue restaurants as they will be forced to buy extra smokers along with severely expensive diffusers, and in some cases will have to lease or purchase more property.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; austin; bbq; election2016; keepaustinweird; rickperry; tedcruz; texas; tyranny
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To: TxAg1981
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:18:54 AM PDT
by
brivette
(lol~)
To: left that other site
Couldn’t happen to a nicer town. There’s always SXSW for them to gain some revenues for the city coffers. Is there a possible solution to trap the offending odors/gases by using exhaust scrubbers or some new high tech method?
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:19:07 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
To: Red Badger
Well okay, it is a nuisance problem for pre-existing home owners. It’s not like they moved next to the eateries and complained.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:19:16 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: PROCON
Austin is not only weird, it is insane.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:19:18 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I see the feminists are now going after grilling outside as a ritualistic display that reminds women that their place is in the kitchen.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:20:06 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: PROCON
To: PROCON
MUSLIMS. Texas has the eighth-largest Muslim population in the United States. In 1990
there were approximately 140,000 Muslims in Texas, which represented 0.7 percent of the state
population and 2.8 of the total Muslim population in the United States. Most Muslims are
concentrated in the urban centers of the state. Houston has some twenty-two Islamic centers and
mosques and a Muslim population of 57,000, and Dallas has fifteen centers and 30,000 Muslims. The
Muslim population is 4,000 in Fort Worth and 3,000 in Arlington. Austin and San Antonio each
have 5,000, El Paso has 1,500, and there are small Muslim communities in Bryan-College Station,
Corpus Christi, and Kingsville. Among the more prominent Islamic organizations in the state are the
Muslim Students Association, the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim Arab Youth Association,
the Islamic Circle of North America, and the Al Quaran-Was-Sunnah Society.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:21:07 AM PDT
by
deport
To: Pearls Before Swine
What’s next, Salsa from New York City?
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:21:15 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: RIghtwardHo
It might have been zoned for mixed, and the BBQ a local issue (they might have not cared as much had it been McDonaldses etc.)
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:21:17 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: catfish1957
Portlandia of the Southwest?
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:21:42 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(FReeping on CRUZ Control)
To: Red Badger
Austin is a big tourist town, and restaurants are part of that attraction.
The “town fathers” are risking the livelihoods of a lot more than BBQ joints by kowtowing to political correctness.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:22:15 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: cripplecreek
Oh, because men like to grill outside
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:22:18 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: left that other site
Austin aka Moscow on the Colorado.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:22:46 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: rktman
But what would a Texas music festival be WITHOUT BBQ?
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:23:26 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: PROCON
Hey Austin!
Fire your city council!
I’d love to be the Conservative running on a Pro-BBQ platform!
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:23:33 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
To: uglybiker
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:23:46 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: PROCON
The ONLY good thing about Austin is the BBQ.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:23:59 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: PROCON
I would bet that Franklins BBQ is chock full of liberal employees. I wonder how they like their utopia now.
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:24:23 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: MeganC
Banning BBQ anywhere is just downright unAmerican.
To: unixfox
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posted on
07/28/2015 10:25:37 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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