Interesting tidbit...."Union leaders said implementing the holiday was important for the nearly 700 Muslims, many of them Somalis, who work at the plant that employs a total of 1,200 people."
Think about this....58% of their employees are Muslim. This is for the employees not for PR or marketing.
"Next, it'll be if you're fat and eating sugar, you'll get a ticket," scoffed Chris Carillo, a 41-year-old software engineer who lives in Polk Gulch. "There's crime on the streets, homeless people congregating, a lot of grime. I'd rather see them concentrate on that."
"The city's looking very shabby. I'd rather have clean sidewalks than not be able to buy a pack of cigarettes in a pharmacy," said Bobby Kiel, a 60-year-old retired real estate broker who lives in the Marina. He doesn't smoke. "It's not any of their business. They're not the surgeon general or the Centers for Disease Control."