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Although I'm not sure that the ban is the best way to combat the problems, it's actually NOT insane. 1, the ban is simply on NEW fast food. 2, Fast food is actually a major contributor to the health disparity gap between the rich and the poor. 3, Less affluent areas generally do not have the same access to quality, healthy food.

I agree with comment 2, and I stated it was on new; however, this is the same as banning smoking in bars and restaurants. It should be a choice all around to own a fast food restaurant and to choose one as to own and frequent a smoking bar..

Are we basically saying that poor people are ignorant and can't make their own choices. I was very poor in my early years, and WE WERE NOT stupid. Sorry about the emphasis.

Every neighorborhood I go through seems to have grocery stores. Don't buy it Dan. Big Brother is watching out for you, and it is the government on the left coast starting the trend.

I agre with you Bert. I do not smoke and rarely go the bars. When I do go to a bar, I accept the fact that people will smoke. My choice, not some government pinheads.

Unvote them out of office would be the answer, I guess. It seems a goofy, back door way to regulate. I would almost bet you the bill was supported most by existing fast food restaurants that would rather not have any competition. There could be, and I'd love to see it, a new chain of fast food restaurants that only sell healthier choices.

City ordinances are common and usually the result of significant public support for whatever is the topic. City councilors would have a limited stay in office if thy simply passed local laws based on their personal beliefs if the public didn't support the motion. It is not a back door way to regulate, it is the city council doing the job the people elected them to do. As was noted, if the majority of people think the council passed this ordinance without their support, they can vote to oust the council members.

In this particular case they simply put a moratorium on NEW fast food places. It doesn't reduce the options available, and it might not even be permanent. My home town decided many years ago to ban ANY fast food construction in the town. It did so with the overwhelming support of the community. To this day there is not a fast food store in the town, and everyone is happy. Especially all the local "regular" restuarants and bars. Anyone wanting fast food has simply to hop over to the next town and have their fill.

The side issue of banning smoking also has merits, though is somewhat of a different question so shouldn't be lumped in with this case in order to deflect the reality of the case at hand.

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Doesn't the FDA regulate the food that is being sold in these restaraunts, and isn't it the same food that can be purchased in our stores, from the same distributors coming from the same processing plants, that get it from the farmers and ranchers? I was under the impression that most of the meat sold from the fast food giants was soy or mostly soy based and isn't soy supposed to be a good thing?
Fyi. poor people can't afford fast food, and never mind driving to another town to get it.
I get a big laugh out of the subway commercial, where the guy lost all that weight eating subway. We disreguard the fact that he walked to and from. I would also like to add, the time in my life that I was the thinnest. High school for lunch I walked 5 blocks to the grocery store to get a babyruth candy bar and a can of pepsi which I ate and drank on my walk back to school. I lost almost 20 lbs. and again after I had 4 kids I ate a whopper jr. with cheese one time a day before work and lost at least 20lbs. The common factor, I was very active.
Getting back on track. I agree with the frutose corn syrup, get rid of it and other processed sugars.
I believe that our food supply is highly contaminated starting at the level of growing and raising it. But that's another topic.
I don't believe in our government getting involved in our life styles either.