Posted on 06/01/2016 9:52:30 AM PDT by milton23
When Joey Vanoni returned to the United States from Afghanistan in 2013, he went to work putting his dream of owning a pizza business into action.
A Navy veteran and current reservist, Vanoni launched Pizza di Joey, his veteran owned and operated business, in August 2014, serving New York-style brick oven pizza out of a food truck in Maryland’s Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties.
Vanoni knows good pizza. He was born and raised in New Jersey and began making pizza at a pizzeria when he was in high school. The reservist has lived in many cities across the country, all of which had their own pizza parlors claiming to sell New York-style pizza, and none of which quite made the cut.
So, having grown up on real New York-style pizza, Vanoni looked at his business as a chance to educate the public on what that truly means.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysign.al ...
Failure to pay the required bribes to selected Public "Servants", can't have that.
Big whiney baby. That law is pretty much everywhere. If he wants so badly to park in front of a b&m that sells pizza, then maybe he should sell donuts. Let a dozen trucks selling pizza park next to him and he’d be down at city hall complaining in a second. Doesn’t matter one bit to the story that he’s a vet. Vets can be special widdle snowflakes, too.
Baltimore has some young, ambitious people who want to start businesses, namely operate a food truck or mobile restaurant.
The city should update it’s laws. Bureaucracy is slow and lazy when they don’t think changes will increase the tax flow or service fees. I wish this Italian-American good luck with his moblie Pizzaria. Keep going, and do so while obeying the current laws.
“The food truck issue is much ado about nothing,” McCarthy said. “The mayor and City Council have the authority to regulate public rights of way, and the city frequently places limitations on what is and is not permitted in various locations.”
Both McGowan and Vanoni disagree.
“My business isn’t much ado about nothing,” McGowan said. “It’s my dream, and I love the city.”
“Much ado about nothing?” Vanoni said. “If constitutional issues are much ado about nothing, then they’re right. Obviously they’re not right because constitutional issues are much ado about something. If veterans’ issues are much ado about nothing, then they’re wrong again. If job issues are much ado about nothing, then they’re wrong again. If economic issue are much ado about nothing, they’re wrong yet again.”
“We have constitutional issues, veterans issues, employment issues and economic issues at stake here,” he continued. “If City Hall deems that much ado about nothing, they are absolutely wrong, unless the economy is perfect and every veteran has a job and the Constitution is considered a suggestion.”
America 2016 in a nutshell.
Maybe you are more familiar with “big whiney babies” than you think? Like mirror close?
“Because Baltimore’s ban is particularly vague, Vanoni is prohibited from parking less than 300 feet away from not only a full-fledged pizzeria, but also a restaurant with pizza on its menu.”
He’s selling whole pizzas, and if Joe’s Diner sells it by the slice that has to ban him from the vicinity. This is not being a big whiney baby to petition for a change of the law. You might be, however, for failing to recognize when laws make sense and when they don’t.
It's a well written article. Too bad you weren't able to grasp the American legal concepts behind the dispute. Maybe you should take a night class on reading comprehension.
Is there a public interest in facilitating local businesses that pay, directly or indirectly, property taxes at the expense of out-of-towners who take the money and leave?
Around here, the philosophy is the opposite - the more dining options there are, the more customers are drawn to the area, with food truck courts being the latest fads in restaurant dense areas.
America 2016? Hardly. There's a reason why street vendors are common in Third World dumps.
He knew the rules before he opened the business,but chose to do it anyway.Bad decision
And why they are common in nice areas of New York City too?
People who want the sit down experience won’t be buying from Venoni, who services a take-away model. Joe’s Diner is not set up for people to do take-away pizza unless they want a Joe’s Diner wait for it too. There is a point at which non-overlap becomes a silliness. Venoni probably shouldn’t be sitting next to a Pizza Hut, but again he would be unwise to because the Pizza Hut would eat into his business too, servicing take-outs as they do.
And what is that reason?
If I owned a business in Baltimore and some dude wanted to sell the same product out of a truck parked on the street, you can be sure I'd have something to say about it.Simple solution. Make a better product...he'll drive away and never return.
For Vanoni, it means he cannot park his food truck within 300 feet of any restaurant that serves pizza, but he can park within 300 feet of a restaurant serving barbecue. Because Baltimore’s ban is particularly vague, Vanoni is prohibited from parking less than 300 feet away from not only a full-fledged pizzeria, but also a restaurant with pizza on its menu.The law, as stated, seems pretty vague. Especially if "it's on the menu" is a deciding factor — consider a restaurant that has daily specials that aren't generally available on other days, and say that Tuesday is "Pizza Day", should he be prohibited from the restaurant's vicinity altogether? or only on Tuesdays?
Before launching his lawsuit against the city, Vanoni, a resident of Baltimore, reached out to his city councilman, Edward Reisinger, through email, mail, and has made trips to City Hall to discuss the proximity ban in person.It looks like he was trying to get things cleared up outside the courts before he did anything, and it looks like the [city] authorities simply blew him off. How is he supposed to get resolution then?He’s never received a response.
Maryland Deceleration of RightsSeems to me like there's a good constitutional case for him to be able to make a case.Article 6.
That all persons invested with the Legislative or Executive powers of Government are the Trustees of the Public, and, as such, accountable for their conduct: Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought, to reform the old, or establish a new Government; the doctrine of non–resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.Article 19.
That every man, for any injury done to him in his person or property, ought to have remedy by the course of the Law of the land, and ought to have justice and right, freely without sale, fully without any denial, and speedily without delay, according to the Law of the land.Article 20.
That the trial of facts, where they arise, is one of the greatest securities of the lives, liberties and estate of the People.Article 41.
That monopolies are odious, contrary to the spirit of a free government and the principles of commerce, and ought not to be suffered.
With a good sauce and a crust like golden paper, New York style beats the doughy stuff the big franchises push all to hell. But making it right is practically an art.
Ehh, I’ve been to “Third World dumps” and eaten in restaurants as well as from “street vendors”. Lol, never had a problem with either.
I always figure the street vendors have less overhead which explains the value of their meals. I rarely had to wait in line for a restaurant, but I usually have to wait in line for a good street vendor.
Next time you’re in Manama, Bahrain check out the Veranda restaurant. Absolutely superb meat and vegetable dishes, live entertainment, sports panels and a congenial crowd. Highly recommended.
Also the Babylonian restaurant in Baghdad across from the US embassy. There’s also ‘chicken man’ street vendor outside the restaurant selling rotisserie-roasted chickens.
To be fair I also should recommend a street vendor. My favorite is the schwarma hut (actually, a 20’ conex) at the Second Circle in Amman, Jordan. A bag of individually wrapped lamb schwarmas is 4 JD or about $6.
AC: You’re a rather introverted Liberal. You need to get out more and experience some good moral standards in operation. They are universal and based upon virtue rather than ideology and propaganda. Everywhere I went people admire the West and especially America. Much, much more so than in the West. The only place I’ve ever Felt-the-Hate from everyday people is in the West.
There’s a reason why street vendors are common in Third World dumps.
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You should get out more.
Street food is happily a first world thing as well.
Because New York City is a Third World city.
Next question?
Because nobody wants to invest in the overhead of business establishment. It's much easier to just have the taxpayers subsidize your business location.
Why should a private business that pays not only for its own facility, but pays taxes to maintain a public right-of-way have to compete with a street vendor, compete with another business that operates in that right-of-way?
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