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San Jose councilman proposes banning sodas
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 08/23/2013 | John Woolfolk

Posted on 08/23/2013 11:23:30 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

SAN JOSE -- Want a Coke at the San Jose Library? A root beer for the kids at Happy Hollow Park and Zoo? Maybe some whole milk for the little one? Forget it! That stuff makes you fat.

A San Jose councilman wants the city to stop providing sugary drinks and whole milk at city properties and events to promote healthier diets.

"We cannot stop the obesity epidemic," City Councilman Ash Kalra said in his proposal. "But as the city of San Jose, we can do our part by being socially responsible and accountable for the products we make available to San Jose residents at the facilities and centers we operate, as well as at events that we host."

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ashkalra; ban; banning; councilman; kalra; proposes; sanjose; soda; sodas
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To: Ken522

Yeah, I read it....the internet is a wonderful thing. You don’t see mention of that in the cute little treatise on what he’s trying to do for San Jose in the name of the government, do you?


21 posted on 08/24/2013 3:37:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: willywill
In the progressive/liberal world there are millions of starving obese children who got that way from soda, Happy Meals and lead paint chips. All because of greedy Capitalist, Slum Lord Tea Partiers. The only cure is all of our money and more Obama.
22 posted on 08/24/2013 4:04:56 AM PDT by MCF
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To: Lonely Bull

The city of San Jose is on the verge of bankruptcy and this idiot worries about soda bans. Figures. That’s what libs do after destroying something. They don’t stop and consider the damage they’ve caused, they just continue to tell everyone how to live. They can’t stop interjecting themselves in peoples lives. They themselves think they are the smartest people on the planet and “deserve” to rule the lives of others.


23 posted on 08/24/2013 4:10:00 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: Lonely Bull

Well... that’s how the ‘state’ banishes (and destroys) private enterprise. Then the ‘state’ starts out fresh, has a monopoly, and the masses get what the state decides they should have.


24 posted on 08/24/2013 4:29:50 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Lonely Bull
Outlaw TV's and cellphones ... that should pretty much cover 100% of the population.

Mommy ... teacher said we should go outside and play ....




What's "Go Outside And Play ?

25 posted on 08/24/2013 4:34:04 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Ken522

Ash Kalra would be one who is on board with Agenda 21. Kalra would be one to control all human activity; except that is, his own.

Google: Santa Clara County Habitat Plan Agenda 21. Kalra is a member.


26 posted on 08/25/2013 11:11:27 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Americans have to nip this kind of shiite in the bud. We aren’t taking any more applications, the opening for Jerk Wad Tyrant has been filled.


27 posted on 08/28/2013 10:50:57 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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