Posted on 07/10/2009 7:42:49 PM PDT by freespirited
SAN FRANCISCO—Doughnuts could be a distant memory for San Francisco city workers.
They must now follow "healthy meeting" guidelines under a sweeping initiative unveiled by Mayor Gavin Newsom Thursday to encourage better eating. That means less junk food and smaller portions at staff meetings.
The mayor is also ordering all city departments to help locate vacant or unused city-owned land that could be used to grow food.
Vendors that offer healthy food will get preference for city contracts and permits. All vending machines on city property additionally will have to meet new nutrition standards.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
Not to worry; growing food requires work.
He’s about 120 years to late. He could have been Emperor
Emperor Norton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
Joshua Abraham Norton (c. 1819[2] – January 8, 1880), the self-proclaimed His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, was a celebrated citizen of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself “Emperor of these United States”[3] and “Protector of Mexico.”[
Though he was considered insane, or at least highly eccentric,[7] the citizens of San Francisco celebrated his regal presence and his proclamations, most famously, his “order” that the United States Congress be dissolved by force (which Congress and the U.S. Army ignored) and his numerous decrees calling for a bridge and a tunnel to be built across San Francisco Bay.[8] On January 8, 1880, Norton collapsed at a street corner, and died before he could be given medical treatment. The following day, nearly 30,000 people packed the streets of San Francisco to pay homage to Norton.[9] Norton’s legacy has been immortalized in the literature of writers Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson, who based characters on him. In December 2004, a resolution was made to name the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in honor of Norton, but the idea did not progress further
One word:
SCHMUCK
Thank you. :-)
Bush telling you what you can eat = FASCISM!
They may have to try container (above-ground) gardening. Or lasagne gardening.
Obviously if the whole state had been eating their carrot sticks and drinking spinach juice the budget would be balanced.
I think that in this case , since the city contracts vendors , they have the right to decide what foods are available . If you want to eat crap like doughnuts on your own time you are free to do so .
Liberals thy God is power, greed, corruption, and ego. The true God will judge them in the end.
Sir Eric,
Some lady who works in my building called the Ohio Smoking SNITCH Line because she had to walk past someone having a cigarette OUTSIDE. The County Health Department came out on Monday and issued a warning to the building’s management. Needless to say, this lady was the “butt” of jokes all day, even by lawyers. This one woman caused so much ruckus, and you know she’s going to do it again.
I don’t appreciate the amount of time and tax dollars spent on this at all. I e-mailed my State Senator.
Hi, there! :-)
They’ll just put Krispy Creme out of business, like they did GM. The government will force them into bankruptcy then they’ll take thme ovcr and force them to produce ‘green’ meeting foods.
Don’t be surprised if it ends up as soylent green snack food. You know, according to the green mythers, that there is an excess population on the planet, which contributes to global warming. It’s devilishly clever to have the serfs reduce their own population at their government meetings!
No donuts at staff meetings?
And they think everyone will show up without them?
Ha!
Like everything else the Gubmint dictates, when is enough, enough?
I have no intention to surrender my freedoms, whether it's donuts, cars, guns or houses that I choose to own. Do you?
I just had a grape jelly donut today, as a matter of fact.
It was good. I enjoyed it. I work for lawyers. Sue me. :-)
San Francisco, where barebacking is allowed but eating creme puffs are not.
One can live without doughnuts . America has a huge obesity/health ( heart ) problems . Why should the Gubmint add to the problem ?
Supplied by the Gubmint ?
Even better, supplied by lawyers. :-)
Yeah, well, some Administrative Assistant lady snitched on me for mailing a birthday invitation to my kids party using company money.
I put 42 cents worth of nickels and pennies on her desk in an envelope for her the next morning.
Maybe they can follow the Obama’s approach. Have a photo-op planting, buy grown plants and have a photo-op harvest a couple weeks later.
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