[mngran2]

I think it's an excellent idea for restaurants to provide that information, in fact I often choose Subway because they provide that information voluntarily, but I can't imagine what makes the city think they have a right to order restaurateurs (the owners of private property) to comply.

I think it's an excellent idea for restaurants to be required to wash their dishes, in fact I often choose my neighborhood diner because they wash their dishes voluntarily, but I can't imagine what makes the city think they have the right to order restauranters (the owners of private property) comply.

[Melas]

Oh, I don’t think it’s all that voluntary. They have to wash their dishes or they’ll be shut down. Conservatism is not anarchy. No sane individual wants to make maintaining sanitary conditions in restaurants voluntary.

[Teacher317]

A lack of cleanliness leads directly to communicable disease. Cheeseburgers do not.

Communicable diseases are a public health concern. My voluntary dietary choices are not (although the Marxists on the Left are doing their best to make personal choices into public concerns).

Nice try at equivalency, but no dice.