[Cheap_Hessian]

If it's clear that we all "want healthy options" then why do they need to block unhealthy options?

[detective]

Prince George’s County is a crime ridden area in economic decline. Now they want to get rid of the few businesses that are left.

[Oberon]

If I owned one of those franchises, I would have every reason in the world to back this legislation... it would forever limit my competition.

Proceed to buy up your competitors one by one, and pretty soon you're a burger oligarch. :D

[ontap]

More nanny state BS when are these people going to stop electing them?

[EyeGuy]

“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.

[Red Badger]

"In some areas, if someone wants a healthy choice, there are no options. We want healthy options in our community."

Healthy option: Don't eat there......................

[LearsFool]

(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.

[TankerKC]

The people of PG county have a RIGHT to affordable, nutritious buffets.

With those little ice cream cone thingies…

[RexBeach]

Mr. Harrington, btw, has several chins. He does not look as though he afraid of food.

[Tijeras_Slim]

NO POPEYES NO PEACE!

[Le Chien Rouge]

“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.

[swain_forkbeard]

Belgian endive!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

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)

[reagan_fanatic]

"We want healthy options in our community."

Then start up your own chain of tofu and watercress restaurants and leave the rest of us the hell alone!!!

[colorado tanker]

We want healthy options in our community.

Well, you could get off your lazy butt, go to a grocery store and buy some healthy food to cook. It'd be cheaper, too. Idiot.

[Red Boots]

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.

Wonder if either of them owns one of these fast-food options. Or are they just running the classic Democratic extortion/protection racket.

You just know it's one or the other.

[truthguy]

If people want healthy options, then some smart person should open up a fast food restaurant with a “healthy” menu. I've seen a few of these restaurants around. They have salads, soups, yogurt bars, healthy sandwiches,etc. If people really want this then they will frequent the “healthy” places and won't frequent the others. This is the way it's supposed to work. The “healthy restaurant” will be successful and others will follow to compete. This is the nature of how it's done in our system. We don't want busy bodies like this clown deciding for us.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Cheap Hessian: I am putting you on report for asking inconvenient questions.

Seriously, though, the Nanny Statists are on the march in PG.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[the OlLine Rebel]

“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.”

Because they’re CHEAP!

Would you rather they starve?

“You better buy only this organic mumbo-jumbo vegetable medley, because it’s good for you.”

Start making your liberal health-nut garbage cheaper and maybe things will change!