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Maine town approves ordinance to ban chain restaurants
Boston.com ^
| November 8, 2005
| Boston.com via the Associate Press
Posted on 11/10/2005 6:41:15 AM PST by TheForceOfOne
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Socialism, plain and simple.
To: TheForceOfOne
Haven eating in restaurants in small towns many times and regretting it the next day, I prefer dining in chain establishments when I'm travelling. It's a lot safer.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:43:30 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: TheForceOfOne
I'vd been in this town. I would imagine a ban on gays would not go over well.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:44:15 AM PST
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
To: TheForceOfOne
I'vd been in this town. I would imagine a ban on gays would not go over well.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:44:26 AM PST
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
To: TheForceOfOne
Well, next time I am in Sling s@#t Maine, I will be sure to carry a box lunch.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:45:47 AM PST
by
FearlessFreep
(Sometimes I think I am educated beyond my intelligence.)
To: TheForceOfOne
No surprise. It's Ogunquit, Poofter Central.
Q: What do you do if you drop a quarter in Ogunquit?
A: Kick it to Kennybunkport, then bend over and pick it up.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:46:10 AM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: TheForceOfOne
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:46:40 AM PST
by
NoClones
To: NoClones
I thought there was a chain in Ogunquit. Many stores have Rainbow Flags in front. They will have to be taken down.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:48:03 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: TheForceOfOne
How is that socialism if they had a democratic vote?
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:48:36 AM PST
by
Cinnamon Girl
(OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
To: massgopguy
All kidding aside. The Candy Store in Ogunquit is the best there is. We always stop there on the way back from Biddeford Pool.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:49:15 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: MineralMan
This to me is local business protecting their own profits versus trying to maintain some pristine small town atmosphere.
They could have easily solved this issue by zoning the chain stores away from the historic areas of their community but that wasn't then desired result.
I consider this Socialism when government tells you what type of business you can create and how large it is allowed to grow with success frowned on as evil and bad.
If the desired result is that everyone prosper equally then they should move to a communist country.
To: TheForceOfOne
These people have too much time on their hands. Next they will want restaurants in their town to be maned "Restaurant Number One."
Get a life!
To: TheForceOfOne
Has to be some conflict of commerce laws. "You can't exist".
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:51:20 AM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: TheForceOfOne
Call their town fascist.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fascism
Fascism
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:55:27 AM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: TheForceOfOne
I and my wife visited this town at the end of summer. I haven't been for years even though I live only 50 minutes away and family once had a guest house right on Main Street when I was young.
I could only spend a few moments down town because as a friend of mine said, if you have "gaydar" the response saturates the senses with what one sees. It is almost as disgusting as taking a walk in Provincetown on the Cape.
I suspect if the vote was taken in the summer when most of the condo owners would be in town, the results might differ, unless of course, they aren't allowed to vote. Straight families still outnumber homos but in the off season and at night downtown, you wouldn't know.
To: weegee
I don't think this qualifies as "fascist." "Stupid," perhaps...
I've always believed - and certain the Founding Fathers did - that local communities retain a broad authority to order their society. If we believe that communities have the right to, say, ban pornography or juice bars, they certainly have the right to zone out businesses they don't want.
No doubt local restaurants are pleased to benefit from this move. And no doubt the town has sacrificed some jobs and economic growth - "stupid," possibly, as I said. But I'd far rather local communities indulge in this kind of thing, rather than have the state or federal governments impose it on all of us. It's far easier to move out of the town or avoid it.
To: TheForceOfOne
What kind of town is it that doesn't believe in "choice"?
So customers WANT something else than the town provides (or can afford to offer at competitive prices). And business owners are willing to step in and meet that market demand (until it was outlawed).
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:01:39 AM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: TheForceOfOne
I wonder if they will ban Victoria's Secret, The Gap, Express and Sears Roebuck too?
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:04:06 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: The Iguana
It is despotism. There is no "social need" to bar the chain restaurants. This is corporate versus connected interests.
Even if the measure was approved by the public, you would find challenges to any law that banned abortion clinics in town.
How about a ban on Wal-Marts? Or foreign owned newspapers?
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:05:27 AM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: TheForceOfOne
Maybe... I wonder however what the obesity stats are there??
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:05:45 AM PST
by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
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