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Default ((( Taco Trucks Threatened in L.A. Sign Petition Now! )))

On Apr 21, 7:43*pm, aem > wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2:42*pm, "Nick Nuclear" >
> wrote:
>
> >http://saveourtacotrucks.org/

>
> [cross postings deleted, though some are interesting]
>
> Last week the County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that
> would make it a misdemeanor for a taco truck to park in one location
> longer than an hour. *Penalties up to some significant amount, either
> $1000 or $5000, I forget. *The ordinance applies only in
> unincorporated areas of the country, not in any of the cities. *That
> includes East L.A., one of the large latino areas where there are many
> taco trucks and many Mexican restaurants. *As you might imagine, the
> law is the result of complaints by the restaurant owners who say they
> can't compete with the trucks' prices.
>
> Seems to me the restaurant owners and the supervisors are wrong. *The
> "dining experience" at a truck is different from a restaurant, and if
> the trucks left I wouldn't bet that nearby restaurants would suddenly
> do all the business that was going to the trucks. *So everybody is
> losing here, not to mention the question of whether this is the kind
> of government people want. *And not to mention that some the trucks
> serve great food.


I love taco truck tacos and burritos!
>
> The link given is to sign a petition. *I don't know if signatures from
> people not from east L.A. will matter.... * *


I signed it.

>*-aem